Psalm 2:11
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11 Serve the Lord with fear;
exult with trembling,
Accept correction
lest he become angry and you perish along the way
when his anger suddenly blazes up.(A)
Blessed are all who take refuge in him!
1 Corinthians 2:3
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3 I came to you in weakness[a] and fear and much trembling,
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- 2:3 The weakness of the crucified Jesus is reflected in Paul’s own bearing (cf. 2 Cor 10–13). Fear and much trembling: reverential fear based on a sense of God’s transcendence permeates Paul’s existence and preaching. Compare his advice to the Philippians to work out their salvation with “fear and trembling” (Phil 2:12), because God is at work in them just as his exalting power was paradoxically at work in the emptying, humiliation, and obedience of Jesus to death on the cross (Phil 2:6–11).
2 Corinthians 7:15
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15 And his heart goes out to you all the more, as he remembers the obedience of all of you, when you received him with fear and trembling.(A)
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