12 So then, my beloved, just 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 is at work in you, both to *2:13 Or be willingdesire and to work for His good pleasure.

14 Do all things without complaining or arguments; 15 so that you will *2:15 Or becomeprove yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you *2:15 Or shineappear as *2:15 Or luminaries, starslights in the world, 16 holding firmly the word of life, so that on the day of Christ I can take pride because I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.