8. he humbled himself,becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross.
9. Because of this, God greatly exalted himand bestowed on him the namethat is above every name,
10. that at the name of Jesusevery knee should bend,of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11. and every tongue confess thatJesus Christ is Lord,to the glory of God the Father.
12. So then, my beloved, obedient as you have always been, not only when I am present but all the more now when I am absent, work out your salvation with fear and trembling.
13. For God is the one who, for his good purpose, works in you both to desire and to work.
14. Do everything without grumbling or questioning,
15. that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine like lights in the world,
16. as you hold on to the word of life, so that my boast for the day of Christ may be that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.