And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.

The sweet spot is where duty and delight converge.

Fear is a strange soil. It grows obedience like corn, which grow in straight lines to make weeding easier. But sometimes it grows the potatoes of defiance, which flourish underground.

Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.

The fear of some divine and supreme powers keeps men in obedience.

For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.