So then,my beloved,justas you have alwaysobeyed,not as in my presenceonly,but nowmuchmorein my absence,workout your salvationwith fearand trembling;
"So nowlet us makea covenantwith our Godto putawayallthe wivesand their children,according to the counselof my lordand of those who trembleat the commandmentof our God;and let it be doneaccording to the law.
My fleshtremblesfor fearof You, And I am afraidof Your judgments.Ayin.
Worshipthe LORDwith reverenceAnd rejoicewith trembling.
The wagesof the righteousis life,The incomeof the wicked,punishment.
The soulof the sluggardcravesand [gets] nothing,But the soulof the diligentis madefat.
"For My handmadeallthesethings,Thus allthesethingscameinto being,"declaresthe LORD."But to thisoneI will look,To him whois humbleand contriteof spirit,and whotremblesat My word.
Hearthe wordof the LORD,you whotrembleat His word:"Your brotherswho hateyou, who excludeyou for My name'ssake,Have said,'Let the LORDbe glorified,that we may seeyour joy.'But they will be putto shame.
"From the daysof Johnthe Baptistuntilnowthe kingdomof heavensuffers violence,and violent mentake it by force.
"TakeMy yokeupon you and learnfrom Me, for I amgentleand humblein heart,and YOU WILL FINDRESTFOR YOUR SOULS.
And he calledfor lightsand rushedin, and trembling with fearhe fell down beforePauland Silas,
but getup and enterthe city,and it will be toldyou whatyou mustdo."
to thosewho by perseverancein doinggoodseekfor gloryand honorand immortality,eternallife;
Therefore,my belovedbrethren,be steadfast,immovable,alwaysaboundingin the workof the Lord,knowingthat your toilis not [in] vainin the Lord.
I was with you in weaknessand in fearand in muchtrembling,
I do not writethese thingsto shameyou, but to admonishyou as my belovedchildren.
His affectionabounds all the moretowardyou, as he remembersthe obedienceof you all,howyou receivedhim with fearand trembling.
Slaves,be obedientto thosewho are your mastersaccordingto the flesh,with fearand trembling,in the sincerityof your heart,as to Christ;
Onlyconductyourselves in a manner worthyof the gospelof Christ,sothat whetherI comeand seeyou orremain absent,I will hearof you that you are standing firmin onespirit,with onemindstriving togetherfor the faithof the gospel;
For to you it has been grantedfor Christ'ssake,not onlyto believein Him, but alsoto sufferfor His sake,
in viewof your participationin the gospelfrom the firstdayuntilnow.
[For I am] confidentof thisvery thing,that He who begana goodworkin you will perfectit untilthe dayof ChristJesus.
But I hopein the LordJesusto sendTimothyto you shortly,sothat I alsomay be encouragedwhen I learnof your condition.
Therefore,my belovedbrethrenwhom I long[to see], my joyand crown,in this waystand firmin the Lord,my beloved.
You yourselvesalsoknow,Philippians,that at the firstpreaching of the gospel,afterI leftMacedonia,nochurchsharedwith me in the matterof givingand receivingbut you alone;
constantlybearing in mindyour workof faithand laborof loveand steadfastnessof hopein our LordJesusChristin the presenceof our Godand Father,
For thisreasonI endureall thingsfor the sakeof thosewho are chosen,sothat they alsomay obtainthe salvationwhich is in ChristJesus[and] with [it] eternalglory.
Therefore,since we haveso greata cloudof witnessessurroundingus, let us alsolay asideeveryencumbranceand the sinwhich so easily entanglesus, and let us runwith endurancethe racethat is set beforeus,
Therefore,let us fearif,while a promiseremainsof enteringHis rest,any oneof you may seemto have come shortof it.
Thereforelet us be diligentto enterthat rest,sothat noonewill fall,through[following] the sameexampleof disobedience.
And having been made perfect,He becameto allthosewho obeyHim the sourceof eternalsalvation,
Beloved,I urgeyou as aliensand strangersto abstainfrom fleshlylustswhichwage waragainstthe soul.
but growin the graceand knowledgeof our Lordand SaviorJesusChrist.To Him [be] the glory,bothnowand to the dayof eternity.Amen.
