[Cronos]

reading scripture in CONTEXT is very important -- do not read in excerpts, Rnmom

Phl 2:12 ¶ Wherefore, my beloved, ,font color=red>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.

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

+Paul clearly saves that salvation is from God, but you need to work our your own salvation and God works in you to His will and to His good pleasure --> your working our your own salvation was wrong interpretated by Pelagians and Calvinists both falling into extremist errors.

God saves, our duty is to accept it.

[count-your-change]

Excellent! God moves us and as Paul said, we take positive action (katergazomai) to achieve a result, “working out our salvation”.

And reading/quoting in excerpts is fine, Jesus and the Bible writers did so frequently.