¹² So then, my beloved, ^(A)just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own ^(B)salvation with ^(C)fear and trembling; ¹³ for it is ^(D)God who is at work in you, both to ^[a]desire and to work ^(E)for His good pleasure.

²⁵ Therefore He is also able to ^(A)save ^[a]forever those who ^(B)come to God through Him, since He always lives to ^(C)make intercession for them.