Philippians 2

1 Therefore if you have any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,

If, then, any exhortation [is] in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of [the] Spirit, if any yearnings and mercies,

2 then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being united in spirit and purpose.

fulfill my joy, that you may mind the same thing—having the same love—of one soul—minding the one thing,

3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.

nothing in rivalry or vainglory, but in humility of mind counting one another more excellent than yourselves—

4 Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.

do not each look to your own, but each also to the things of others.

5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus:

For let this mind be in you that [is] also in Christ Jesus,

6 Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,

who, being in the form of God, thought [it] not something to be seized to be equal to God,

7 but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness.

but emptied Himself, having taken the form of a servant, having been made in the likeness of men,

8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death— even death on a cross.

and having been found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself, having become obedient to death—even death of a cross,

9 Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names,

for this reason, also, God highly exalted Him, and gave to Him a Name that [is] above every name,

10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

that in the Name of Jesus every knee may bow—of heavenlies, and earthlies, and what are under the earth—

11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

and every tongue may confess that Jesus Christ [is] LORD, to the glory of God the Father.

12 Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.

So that, my beloved, as you always obey, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling,

13 For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.

for it is God who is working in you both to will and to work for His good pleasure.

14 Do everything without complaining or arguing,

Do all things without murmurings and deliberations,

15 so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world

that you may become blameless and pure children of God, unblemished in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you appear as luminaries in the world,

16 as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.

holding forth the word of life, for rejoicing to me in regard to [the] Day of Christ, that I did not run in vain, nor did I labor in vain;

17 But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.

but if I also am poured forth on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and am glad with you all,

18 So you too should be glad and rejoice with me.

because of this you also rejoice and are glad with me.

19 Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered when I learn how you are doing.

And I hope, in the Lord Jesus, to send Timotheus to you quickly, that I also may be of good spirit, having known the things concerning you,

20 I have nobody else like him who will genuinely care for your needs.

for I have no one like-minded, who will sincerely care for the things concerning you,

21 For all the others look after their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.

for the whole seek their own things, not the things of Christ Jesus,

22 But you know Timothy’s proven worth, that as a child with his father he has served with me to advance the gospel.

and you know his proof, that as a child [serves] a father, he served with me in regard to the good news;

23 So I hope to send him as soon as I see what happens with me.

I indeed hope to send him, when I may see through the things concerning me—immediately;

24 And I trust in the Lord that I myself will come soon.

and I trust in the LORD that I will also come quickly myself.

25 But I thought it necessary to send back to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger and minister to my needs.

And I thought [it] necessary to send to you Epaphroditus—my brother and fellow-workman and fellow-soldier, and your apostle and servant to my need,

26 For he has been longing for all of you and is distressed because you heard he was ill.

seeing he was longing after you all, and in heaviness, because you heard that he ailed,

27 He was sick indeed, nearly unto death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, to spare me sorrow upon sorrow.

for he also ailed near to death, but God dealt kindly with him, and not with him only, but also with me, that I might not have sorrow on sorrow.

28 Therefore I am all the more eager to send him, so that when you see him again you may rejoice, and I may be less anxious.

The more eagerly, therefore, I sent him, that having seen him again you may rejoice, and I may be less sorrowful;

29 Welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honor men like him,

receive him, therefore, in the LORD, with all joy, and hold such in honor,

30 because he nearly died for the work of Christ, risking his life to make up for your deficit of service to me.

because on account of the work of the Christ he drew near to death, having hazarded life that he might fill up your deficiency of service to me.