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Philippians 2:12–13

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Wherefore, my beloved, as ye 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.
For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
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From verse 12

  1. 2 Peter 1:5–10Rank 1 from verse 12
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    5And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

    6And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;

    7And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

    8For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

    9But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.

    10Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

  2. Luke 13:23–24Rank 2 from verse 12
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    23Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them,

    24¶ Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

  3. 1 Corinthians 15:58Rank 3 from verse 12
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    58Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

  4. Hebrews 4:11Rank 4 from verse 12
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    11Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.

  5. 1 Peter 2:11Rank 5 from verse 12
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    11Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

  6. Philippians 3:13–14Rank 6 from verse 12
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    13Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

    14I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

  7. John 6:27–29Rank 7 from verse 12
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    27Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

    28Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?

    29Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.

  8. Matthew 11:29Rank 8 from verse 12
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    29Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

  9. Isaiah 66:2Rank 9 from verse 12
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    2For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the Lord: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.

  10. Philippians 1:27Rank 10 from verse 12
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    27Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

  11. Galatians 6:7–9Rank 11 from verse 12
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    7Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

    8For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

    9And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

  12. Hebrews 5:9Rank 12 from verse 12
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    9And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;

  13. Romans 13:11–14Rank 13 from verse 12
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    11And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

    12The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

    13Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.

    14But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

  14. 2 Peter 3:18Rank 14 from verse 12
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    18But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.

  15. Hebrews 12:28–29Rank 15 from verse 12
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    28Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:

    29For our God is a consuming fire.

  16. Proverbs 13:4Rank 16 from verse 12
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    4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

  17. Hebrews 4:1Rank 17 from verse 12
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    1LET us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.

  18. 2 Timothy 2:10Rank 18 from verse 12
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    10Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

  19. Hebrews 12:1Rank 19 from verse 12
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    1WHEREFORE seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

  20. Hebrews 6:10–11Rank 20 from verse 12
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    10For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

    11And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:

  21. Philippians 4:1Rank 21 from verse 12
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    1THEREFORE, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.

  22. Psalms 119:120Rank 22 from verse 12
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    120My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.

  23. Romans 2:7Rank 23 from verse 12
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    7To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:

  24. Philippians 1:29Rank 24 from verse 12
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    29For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;

  25. Psalms 2:11Rank 25 from verse 12
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    11Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

  26. 1 Thessalonians 1:3Rank 26 from verse 12
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    3Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;

  27. 1 Corinthians 2:3Rank 27 from verse 12
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    3And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

  28. 2 Corinthians 7:15Rank 28 from verse 12
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    15And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.

  29. Ephesians 6:5Rank 29 from verse 12
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    5Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;

  30. Isaiah 66:5Rank 30 from verse 12
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    5¶ Hear the word of the Lord, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name’s sake, said, Let the Lord be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.

  31. Proverbs 10:16Rank 31 from verse 12
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    16The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

  32. 1 Corinthians 9:20–27Rank 32 from verse 12
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    20And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;

    21To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.

    22To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.

    23And this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.

    24Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.

    25And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.

    26I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:

    27But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

  33. Matthew 11:12Rank 33 from verse 12
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    12And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.

  34. Ezra 10:3Rank 34 from verse 12
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    3Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

  35. Acts 9:6Rank 35 from verse 12
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    6And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.

  36. Philippians 1:5Rank 36 from verse 12
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    5For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;

  37. 1 Corinthians 4:14Rank 37 from verse 12
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    14I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.

  38. Philippians 2:19Rank 38 from verse 12
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    19But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state.

  39. Acts 16:29Rank 39 from verse 12
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    29Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,

  40. Philippians 4:15Rank 40 from verse 12
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    15Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only.

From verse 13

  1. Hebrews 13:21Rank 1 from verse 13
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    21Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

  2. 2 Corinthians 3:5Rank 2 from verse 13
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    5Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;

  3. 2 Timothy 1:9Rank 3 from verse 13
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    9Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

  4. Romans 9:16Rank 4 from verse 13
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    16So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.

  5. 1 Corinthians 15:10Rank 5 from verse 13
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    10But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

  6. Ephesians 1:11Rank 6 from verse 13
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    11In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

  7. James 1:16–18Rank 7 from verse 13
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    16Do not err, my beloved brethren.

    17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

    18Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

  8. John 3:27Rank 8 from verse 13
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    27John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.

  9. 2 Thessalonians 1:11Rank 9 from verse 13
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    11Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:

  10. 1 Corinthians 12:6Rank 10 from verse 13
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    6And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.

  11. 1 Kings 8:58Rank 11 from verse 13
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    58That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.

  12. Ephesians 1:5Rank 12 from verse 13
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    5Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

  13. Ephesians 2:8Rank 13 from verse 13
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    8For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

  14. Titus 3:4–5Rank 14 from verse 13
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    4But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,

    5Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

  15. Psalms 119:36Rank 15 from verse 13
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    36Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.

  16. Luke 12:32Rank 16 from verse 13
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    32Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

  17. Ephesians 2:4–5Rank 17 from verse 13
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    4But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

    5Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

  18. Ephesians 1:9Rank 18 from verse 13
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    9Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:

  19. Jeremiah 32:38Rank 19 from verse 13
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    38And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:

  20. John 6:65Rank 20 from verse 13
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    65And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.

  21. Romans 9:11Rank 21 from verse 13
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    11(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)

  22. Jeremiah 31:33Rank 22 from verse 13
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    33But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

  23. Proverbs 21:1Rank 23 from verse 13
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    1THE king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

  24. 1 Chronicles 29:14–18Rank 24 from verse 13
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    14But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.

    15For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.

    16O Lord our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own.

    17I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.

    18O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:

  25. 2 Chronicles 30:12Rank 25 from verse 13
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    12Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the Lord.

  26. Ezra 7:27Rank 26 from verse 13
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    27¶ Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem:

  27. Ezra 1:1Rank 27 from verse 13
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    1NOW in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,

  28. Ezra 1:5Rank 28 from verse 13
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    5¶ Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem.

  29. 2 Thessalonians 2:13–14Rank 29 from verse 13
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    13But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

    14Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  30. Isaiah 26:12Rank 30 from verse 13
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    12¶ Lord, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.

  31. John 6:45Rank 31 from verse 13
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    45It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.

  32. 1 Peter 1:3Rank 32 from verse 13
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    3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

  33. Psalms 141:4Rank 33 from verse 13
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    4Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.

  34. Acts 11:21Rank 34 from verse 13
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    21And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord.

  35. Nehemiah 2:4Rank 35 from verse 13
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    4Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.

  36. Psalms 110:3Rank 36 from verse 13
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    3Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.

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Philippians 2:12

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wherefore

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1. For that reason, or as a conclusion from what precedes; therefore or consequently. 2. For what reason or purpose; why.

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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obeyed

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Past-tense or past-participial form of obey (to comply with a command, heed authority, or submit).

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

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COMBINED MEANING

work

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Sense 1: Labour, occupation, an assigned task, or service. Sense 2: An action, deed, operation, effect, product, thing made, or manner of workmanship. Sense 3: To labour, act, operate, perform, make, produce, accomplish, or bring about.

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

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fear

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1. Alarm, dread, terror, or apprehension. 2. Reverence, awe, or respectful regard. 3. A person, thing, or event feared or revered. 4. To fear, dread, or reverence.

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Philippians 2:13

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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worketh

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Third-person singular present form of work, meaning to labour, act, operate, perform, make, produce, accomplish, or bring about.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

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2:11And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

2:12Wherefore, my beloved, as ye 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.

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2:13For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

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2:14Do all things without murmurings and disputings:

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