“The fear is to be referred to the soul, the trembling to the body. But it is a great mystery, which we should lay to heart when we hear it, that by taking thought and showing concern for others we work out our own salvation all the more and furthermore that it is in our power to work out salvation for ourselves.”
Gaius Marius Victorinus, 4th c. — EPISTLE TO THE PHILIPPIANS 2.12-13
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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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10That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
11And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
— Philippians 2:12 —
13For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
14Do all things without murmurings and disputings: