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Philippians 2:12 NKJV 12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;
Philippians 2:12-13 NKJV 12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; 13 for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.
You cannot work out your own salvation by yourself
Philippians 1:27 NKJV 27 Only let your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel,
Only in Christ are real unity and joy possible
Without humility, you cannot have unity and mutual concern. His ultimate example is Christ Himself.
Philippians 2:8 NKJV 8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.
Philippians 2:5 NKJV 5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,
Philippians 2:12 NKJV 12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;
Greek word – means to work in order to bring something to completion or fulfillment
Philippians 1:27 NKJV 27 Only let your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel,
Salvation is not worked out in our lives, it has not been completed, until we are of one mind and spirit with our brothers and sisters in Christ
Philippians 2:14 NKJV 14 Do all things without complaining and disputing,
Ephesians 5:21 NKJV 21 submitting to one another in the fear of God.
Philippians 2:13 NKJV 13 for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.
I John 3:14-18 NKJV 14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love his brother abides in death. 15 Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. 16 By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17 But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him? 18 My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
My Beginning. My Forever. 