Question:
How can we work out our salvation? Read Philippians 2:12: “Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.”

Answer:

The answer is in the next verse, Philippians 2:13: “For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.”

There has to be a work done in us by God, before we can work out our salvation. This doesn’t mean we have to work for our salvation. It actually has to do with working out in a practical way with God being in us. He gives us the power to work it out. He uses His power to manifest Himself in our practical lives. I cannot do it, but He can. Fear in this verse means reverence for God, and we show this by depending on Him.