8. He humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death,death on a cross.
9. This is why God has given him an exceptional honor—the name honored above all other names—
10. so that at the name of Jesus everyone in heaven, on earth,and in the world below will kneel
11. and confess that Jesus Christ is Lordto the glory of God the Father.
12. My dear friends, you have always obeyed, not only when I was with you but even more now that I’m absent. In the same way continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.
13. It is God who produces in you the desires and actions that please him.
14. Do everything without complaining or arguing.
15. Then you will be blameless and innocent. You will be God’s children without any faults among people who are crooked and corrupt. You will shine like stars among them in the world
16. as you hold firmly to the word of life. Then I can brag on the day of Christ that my effort was not wasted and that my work produced results.