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Philippians 2:12-15
Shared November 19th, 2018; Updated November 19th, 2018
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Work out your salvation by doing all things without grumbling and arguing so that you may attain blamelessness until your final salvation
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Philippians 2:12-15
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Ὥστε, ἀγαπητοί μου, καθὼς πάντοτε ὑπηκούσατε,
So then, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed,
μὴ ὡς ἐν τῇ παρουσίᾳ μου μόνον
not only in my presence
ἀλλὰ νῦν πολλῷ μᾶλλον ἐν τῇ ἀπουσίᾳ μου,
but even more in my absence,
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μετὰ φόβου καὶ τρόμου τὴν ἑαυτῶν σωτηρίαν κατεργάζεσθε•
continue working out your salvation with awe and reverence, 15
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θεὸς γάρ ἐστιν ὁ ἐνεργῶν ἐν ὑμῖν καὶ τὸ θέλειν καὶ τὸ ἐνεργεῖν ὑπὲρ τῆς εὐδοκίας.
for the one bringing forth in you both the desire and the effort - for the sake of his good pleasure - is God.
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Πάντα ποιεῖτε χωρὶς γογγυσμῶν καὶ διαλογισμῶν,
Do everything without grumbling or arguing,
ἵνα γένησθε ἄμεμπτοι καὶ ἀκέραιοι, τέκνα θεοῦ ἄμωμα μέσον γενεᾶς σκολιᾶς καὶ διεστραμμένης, ἐν οἷς φαίνεσθε ὡς φωστῆρες ἐν κόσμῳ,
so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without blemish though you live in a crooked and perverse society, in which you shine as lights in the world 16
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