⁹ For we are co-workers in God’s service;^(A) you are God’s field,^(B) God’s building.^(C)

²⁰ for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father^(A) speaking through you.

6 As God’s co-workers^(A) we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.^(B)

Do Everything Without Grumbling

¹² Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling,^(A)

¹³ for it is God who works in you^(A) to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.^(B)