12 Therefore, my beloved, *[ch. 1:5;4:15] as you have always *Heb. 5:9;[2 Cor. 10:5;1 Pet. 1:2]obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, 13 for *1 Cor. 12:6;[Heb. 13:21]; See 1 Cor. 15:10it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for *[1 Tim. 2:4]his good pleasure.

14 Do all things *1 Pet. 4:9without grumbling or *1 Tim. 2:8disputing, 15 that you may be blameless and innocent, *[Matt. 5:45;Eph. 5:1] children of God *Jude 24without blemish *1 Pet. 2:12in the midst of *See Deut. 32:5a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine *Matt. 5:14,16;[Titus 2:10]as lights in the world, 16 holding fast to *[Acts 5:20] the word of life, so that in *See 1 Cor. 1:8the day of Christ *See 2 Cor. 1:14I may be proud that *Gal. 2:2;1 Thess. 3:5;[Gal. 4:11]I did not run in vain or labor in vain.