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Phil. 2:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Wherefore
hoste (Greek #5620)
so too, i.e. thus therefore (in various relations of consecution, as follow)
KJV usage: (insomuch) as, so that (then), (insomuch) that, therefore, to, wherefore.
Pronounce: hoce'-teh
Origin: from 5613 and 5037
, my
mou (Greek #3450)
of me
KJV usage: I, me, mine (own), my.
Pronounce: moo
Origin: the simpler form of 1700
beloved
agapetos (Greek #27)
beloved
KJV usage: (dearly, well) beloved, dear.
Pronounce: ag-ap-ay-tos'
Origin: from 25
, as
kathos (Greek #2531)
just (or inasmuch) as, that
KJV usage: according to, (according, even) as, how, when.
Pronounce: kath-oce'
Origin: from 2596 and 5613
ye have
hupakouo (Greek #5219)
to hear under (as a subordinate), i.e. to listen attentively; by implication, to heed or conform to a command or authority
KJV usage: hearken, be obedient to, obey.
Pronounce: hoop-ak-oo'-o
Origin: from 5259 and 191
always
pantote (Greek #3842)
every when, i.e. at all times
KJV usage: alway(-s), ever(-more).
Pronounce: pan'-tot-eh
Origin: from 3956 and 3753
obeyed
hupakouo (Greek #5219)
to hear under (as a subordinate), i.e. to listen attentively; by implication, to heed or conform to a command or authority
KJV usage: hearken, be obedient to, obey.
Pronounce: hoop-ak-oo'-o
Origin: from 5259 and 191
, not
me (Greek #3361)
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas 3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
KJV usage: any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. Often used in compounds in substantially the same relations. See also 3362, 3363, 3364, 3372, 3373, 3375, 3378.
Pronounce: may
Origin: a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas 3756 expresses an absolute denial)
as
hos (Greek #5613)
which how, i.e. in that manner (very variously used, as follows)
KJV usage: about, after (that), (according) as (it had been, it were), as soon (as), even as (like), for, how (greatly), like (as, unto), since, so (that), that, to wit, unto, when(-soever), while, X with all speed.
Pronounce: hoce
Origin: probably adverb of comparative from 3739
in
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
my
mou (Greek #3450)
of me
KJV usage: I, me, mine (own), my.
Pronounce: moo
Origin: the simpler form of 1700
presence
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
parousia (Greek #3952)
a being near, i.e. advent (often, return; specially, of Christ to punish Jerusalem, or finally the wicked); (by implication) physically, aspect
KJV usage: coming, presence.
Pronounce: par-oo-see'-ah
Origin: from the present participle of 3918
only
monon (Greek #3440)
merely
KJV usage: alone, but, only.
Pronounce: mon'-on
Origin: neuter of 3441 as adverb
, but
alla (Greek #235)
properly, other things, i.e. (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations)
KJV usage: and, but (even), howbeit, indeed, nay, nevertheless, no, notwithstanding, save, therefore, yea, yet.
Pronounce: al-lah'
Origin: neuter plural of 243
now
nun (Greek #3568)
"now" (as adverb of date, a transition or emphasis); also as noun or adjective present or immediate
KJV usage: henceforth, + hereafter, of late, soon, present, this (time). See also 3569, 3570.
Pronounce: noon
Origin: a primary particle of present time
much
polus (Greek #4183)
(singular) much (in any respect) or (plural) many; neuter (singular) as adverbial, largely; neuter (plural) as adverb or noun often, mostly, largely
KJV usage: abundant, + altogether, common, + far (passed, spent), (+ be of a) great (age, deal, -ly, while), long, many, much, oft(-en (-times)), plenteous, sore, straitly. Compare 4118, 4119.
Pronounce: pol-oos'
Origin: including the forms from the alternate πολλός
more
mallon (Greek #3123)
(adverbially) more (in a greater degree)) or rather
KJV usage: + better, X far, (the) more (and more), (so) much (the more), rather.
Pronounce: mal'-lon
Origin: neuter of the comparative of the same as 3122
in
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
my
mou (Greek #3450)
of me
KJV usage: I, me, mine (own), my.
Pronounce: moo
Origin: the simpler form of 1700
absence
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
apousia (Greek #666)
a being away
KJV usage: absence.
Pronounce: ap-oo-see'-ah
Origin: from the participle of 548
, workd out
katergazomai (Greek #2716)
to work fully, i.e. accomplish; by implication, to finish, fashion
KJV usage: cause, to (deed), perform, work (out).
Pronounce: kat-er-gad'-zom-ahee
Origin: from 2596 and 2038
your own
heautou (Greek #1438)
him- (her-, it-, them-, also (in conjunction with the personal pronoun of the other persons) my-, thy-, our-, your-) self (selves), etc.
KJV usage: alone, her (own, -self), (he) himself, his (own), itself, one (to) another, our (thine) own(-selves), + that she had, their (own, own selves), (of) them(-selves), they, thyself, you, your (own, own conceits, own selves, -selves).
Pronounce: heh-ow-too'
Origin: from a reflexive pronoun otherwise obsolete and the genitive case (dative case or accusative case) of 846
salvation
soteria (Greek #4991)
rescue or safety (physically or morally)
KJV usage: deliver, health, salvation, save, saving.
Pronounce: so-tay-ree'-ah
Origin: feminine of a derivative of 4990 as (properly, abstract) noun
with
meta (Greek #3326)
properly, denoting accompaniment; "amid" (local or causal); modified variously according to the case (genitive association, or accusative succession) with which it is joined; occupying an intermediate position between 575 or 1537 and 1519 or 4314; less intimate than 1722 and less close than 4862)
KJV usage: after(-ward), X that he again, against, among, X and, + follow, hence, hereafter, in, of, (up-)on, + our, X and setting, since, (un-)to, + together, when, with (+ -out). Often used in composition, in substantially the same relations of participation or proximity, and transfer or sequence.
Pronounce: met-ah'
Origin: a primary preposition (often used adverbially)
fear
phobos (Greek #5401)
alarm or fright
KJV usage: be afraid, + exceedingly, fear, terror.
Pronounce: fob'-os
Origin: from a primary φέβομαι (to be put in fear)
e and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
trembling
tromos (Greek #5156)
a "trembling", i.e. quaking with fear
KJV usage: + tremble(-ing).
Pronounce: trom'-os
Origin: from 5141
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ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
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Prov. 10:16• 16The labour of a righteous man tendeth to life; the revenue of a wicked man, to sin. (Prov. 10:16)
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John 6:27‑29• 27Work not for the food which perishes, but for the food which abides unto life eternal, which the Son of man shall give to you; for him has the Father sealed, even God.
 28They said therefore to him, What should we do that we may work the works of God?
 29Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom *he* has sent. (John 6:27‑29)
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Heb. 4:11• 11Let us therefore use diligence to enter into that rest, that no one may fall after the same example of not hearkening to the word. (Heb. 4:11)
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2 Peter 1:5‑10• 5But for this very reason also, using therewith all diligence, in your faith have also virtue, in virtue knowledge,
 6in knowledge temperance, in temperance endurance, in endurance godliness,
 7in godliness brotherly love, in brotherly love love:
 8for these things existing and abounding in you make you to be neither idle nor unfruitful as regards the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ;
 9for he with whom these things are not present is blind, short-sighted, and has forgotten the purging of his former sins.
 10Wherefore the rather, brethren, use diligence to make your calling and election sure, for doing these things ye will never fall; (2 Peter 1:5‑10)
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Eph. 6:5• 5Bondmen, obey masters according to flesh, with fear and trembling, in simplicity of your heart as to the Christ; (Eph. 6:5)

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my beloved.
Phil. 4:1• 1So that, my brethren, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, thus stand fast in the Lord, beloved. (Phil. 4:1)
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1 Cor. 4:14• 14Not as chiding do I write these things to you, but as my beloved children I admonish you. (1 Cor. 4:14)
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1 Peter 2:11• 11Beloved, I exhort you, as strangers and sojourners, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; (1 Peter 2:11)
as ye.
Phil. 1:5,27,29• 5because of your fellowship with the gospel, from the first day until now;
 27Only conduct yourselves worthily of the glad tidings of the Christ, in order that whether coming and seeing you, or absent, I may hear of what concerns you, that ye stand firm in one spirit, with one soul, labouring together in the same conflict with the faith of the glad tidings;
 29because to you has been given, as regards Christ, not only the believing on him but the suffering for him also, (Phil. 1:5,27,29)
work.
Phil. 3:13‑14• 13Brethren, *I* do not count to have got possession myself; but one thing--forgetting the things behind, and stretching out to the things before,
 14I pursue, looking towards the goal, for the prize of the calling on high of God in Christ Jesus. (Phil. 3:13‑14)
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Prov. 10:16• 16The labour of a righteous man tendeth to life; the revenue of a wicked man, to sin. (Prov. 10:16)
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Prov. 13:4• 4A sluggard's soul desireth and hath nothing; but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. (Prov. 13:4)
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Matt. 11:12,29• 12But from the days of John the baptist until now, the kingdom of the heavens is taken by violence, and the violent seize on it.
 29Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest to your souls; (Matt. 11:12,29)
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Luke 13:23‑24• 23And one said to him, Sir, are such as are to be saved few in number? But he said unto them,
 24Strive with earnestness to enter in through the narrow door, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in and will not be able. (Luke 13:23‑24)
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John 6:27‑29• 27Work not for the food which perishes, but for the food which abides unto life eternal, which the Son of man shall give to you; for him has the Father sealed, even God.
 28They said therefore to him, What should we do that we may work the works of God?
 29Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom *he* has sent. (John 6:27‑29)
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Rom. 2:7• 7to them who, in patient continuance of good works, seek for glory and honour and incorruptibility, life eternal. (Rom. 2:7)
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1 Cor. 9:24‑27• 24Know ye not that they who run in the race-course run all, but one receives the prize? Thus run in order that ye may obtain.
 25But every one that contends for a prize is temperate in all things: *they* then indeed that they may receive a corruptible crown, but *we* an incorruptible.
 26*I* therefore thus run, as not uncertainly; so I combat, as not beating the air.
 27But I buffet my body, and lead it captive, lest after having preached to others I should be myself rejected. (1 Cor. 9:24‑27)
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1 Cor. 15:58• 58So then, my beloved brethren, be firm, immovable, abounding always in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord. (1 Cor. 15:58)
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Gal. 6:7‑9• 7Be not deceived: God is not mocked; for whatever a man shall sow, that also shall he reap.
 8For he that sows to his own flesh, shall reap corruption from the flesh; but he that sows to the Spirit, from the Spirit shall reap eternal life:
 9but let us not lose heart in doing good; for in due time, if we do not faint, we shall reap. (Gal. 6:7‑9)
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1 Thess. 1:3• 3remembering unceasingly your work of faith, and labour of love, and enduring constancy of hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father; (1 Thess. 1:3)
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Heb. 4:11• 11Let us therefore use diligence to enter into that rest, that no one may fall after the same example of not hearkening to the word. (Heb. 4:11)
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Heb. 6:10‑11• 10For God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the love which ye have shewn to his name, having ministered to the saints, and still ministering.
 11But we desire earnestly that each one of you shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end; (Heb. 6:10‑11)
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Heb. 12:1• 1Let *us* also therefore, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, laying aside every weight, and sin which so easily entangles us, run with endurance the race that lies before us, (Heb. 12:1)
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2 Peter 1:5‑10• 5But for this very reason also, using therewith all diligence, in your faith have also virtue, in virtue knowledge,
 6in knowledge temperance, in temperance endurance, in endurance godliness,
 7in godliness brotherly love, in brotherly love love:
 8for these things existing and abounding in you make you to be neither idle nor unfruitful as regards the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ;
 9for he with whom these things are not present is blind, short-sighted, and has forgotten the purging of his former sins.
 10Wherefore the rather, brethren, use diligence to make your calling and election sure, for doing these things ye will never fall; (2 Peter 1:5‑10)
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2 Peter 3:18• 18but grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen. (2 Peter 3:18)
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Phil. 2:19• 19But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus to you shortly, that *I* also may be refreshed, knowing how ye get on. (Phil. 2:19)
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Rom. 13:11‑14• 11This also, knowing the time, that it is already time that *we* should be aroused out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
 12The night is far spent, and the day is near; let us cast away therefore the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
 13As in the day, let us walk becomingly; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and lasciviousness, not in strife and emulation.
 14But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not take forethought for the flesh to fulfil its lusts. (Rom. 13:11‑14)
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1 Cor. 9:20‑23• 20And I became to the Jews as a Jew, in order that I might gain the Jews: to those under law, as under law, not being myself under law, in order that I might gain those under law:
 21to those without law, as without law, (not as without law to God, but as legitimately subject to Christ,) in order that I might gain those without law.
 22I became to the weak, as weak, in order that I might gain the weak. To all I have become all things, in order that at all events I might save some.
 23And I do all things for the sake of the glad tidings, that I may be fellow-partaker with them. (1 Cor. 9:20‑23)
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2 Tim. 2:10• 10For this cause I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that *they* also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. (2 Tim. 2:10)
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Ezra 10:3• 3And now let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandments of our God; and let it be done according to the law. (Ezra 10:3)
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Psa. 2:11• 11Serve Jehovah with fear, and rejoice with trembling. (Psa. 2:11)
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Psa. 119:120• 120My flesh shuddereth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments. (Psa. 119:120)
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Isa. 66:2,5• 2Even all these things hath my hand made, and all these things have been, saith Jehovah. But to this man will I look: to the afflicted and contrite in spirit, and who trembleth at my word.
 5Hear the word of Jehovah, ye that tremble at his word: Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let Jehovah be glorified, and let us see your joy! but they shall be ashamed. (Isa. 66:2,5)
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Acts 9:6• 6But rise up and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do. (Acts 9:6)
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Acts 16:29• 29And having asked for lights, he rushed in, and, trembling, fell down before Paul and Silas. (Acts 16:29)
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1 Cor. 2:3• 3And *I* was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling; (1 Cor. 2:3)
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2 Cor. 7:15• 15and his affections are more abundantly towards you, calling to mind the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him. (2 Cor. 7:15)
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Eph. 6:5• 5Bondmen, obey masters according to flesh, with fear and trembling, in simplicity of your heart as to the Christ; (Eph. 6:5)
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Heb. 4:1• 1Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left of entering into his rest, any one of you might seem to have failed of it. (Heb. 4:1)
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Heb. 12:28‑29• 28Wherefore let us, receiving a kingdom not to be shaken, have grace, by which let us serve God acceptably with reverence and fear.
 29For also our God is a consuming fire. (Heb. 12:28‑29)
• While he was among them he had labored; now they were themselves engaged with the enemy, without the aid of Paul’s presence and spiritual energy. (“Philippians 2” by J.N. Darby)
• It is to be carefully remarked here, that it is the very opposite of an exhortation to our own working in contrast with God’s effectual power. “Your own” is in contrast with Paul in his absence, who had labored for them, because God did work in them to will and to do. They were to work, because, if Paul was absent, God wrought in them. I have noticed already that salvation, every blessing, is looked at everywhere in this epistle as at the end of the Christian’s course. (“Philippians 2” by J.N. Darby)
• God was pleased, even whilst the apostle was alive, to set him aside and to prove the power of faith where he was not. (“Philippians 2” by W. Kelly)
• It is not the dread of losing the Savior of their souls, but because they felt for His name (“Philippians 2” by W. Kelly)
• When present with these believers, the apostle had kept them from the attacks of the enemy, but now, much more in his absence, they needed to be on their guard against adversaries without the Christian circle, and strifes within. (“Philippians 2” by H. Smith)
• “Work out your own salvation.” This has nothing to do with saving a sinner but what was needful for “saints in Christ Jesus” (ch. 1:1,6) who were undergoing difficulties en route to the heavenly goal. (“Help on Hard Verses” by A.C. Brown)

J. N. Darby Translation

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So that, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much rather in my absence, work outb your own salvation with fear and trembling,

JND Translation Notes

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"To work out into result," as Rom. 7.8,13,15.

W. Kelly Translation

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So that, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, with fear and trembling work out your own salvation;