How salvation is worked out

¹² So, my dear people: you always did what I said, so please now carry on in the same way, not just as though I was there with you, but much more because I’m not! Your task now is to work at bringing about your own salvation; and naturally you’ll be taking this with utter seriousness. ¹³ After all, God himself is the one who’s at work among you, who provides both the will and the energy to enable you to do what pleases him.