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 there is any comfort in Christ, if there is any persuasive power in love, if there is any companionship of the Spirit, if there is any tenderness or pity,
2 then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being united in spirit and purpose.
I entreat you to make my joy overflow by living in harmony; possessing the same love, and with one soul united in one purpose.
3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.
Do nothing out of strife, nothing out of vanity, but let each one in true humility consider the others to be of more account than himself.
4 Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.
Let each have an eye not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.
5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus:
Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,
6 Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
who, though from the beginning he had the nature of God, did not reckon equality with God something to be forcibly retained,
7 but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness.
but emptied himself of his glory by taking the form of a slave, when he was born 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.
More than this, after he had shone himself in human form, he humbled himself in his obedience even to death; yes, and to death on a cross.
9 Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names,
And for this God highly exalted him, and graciously bestowed upon him the name which 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 in heaven, on earth, and under the earth should bend,
11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
and every tongue 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.
And so, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, with reverence and self- distrust work out your own salvation;
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, in his good-will is ever working in you both will and deed.
14 Do everything without complaining or arguing,
Do everything without grumbling and disputes,
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 innocent, the sons of God, without rebuke in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine like stars in a dark 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 out a message of life. Thus it will be my boast at the day of Christ that I have not run in vain, or toiled for nothing.
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.
Nay, even if my life is to be poured out as a libation upon the sacrifice and service of you faith,
18 So you too should be glad and rejoice with me.
I will rejoice and congratulate you all; and in the same way you must rejoice and congratulate 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.
Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you before long, so that I may be of good comfort when I learn the news concerning you.
20 I have nobody else like him who will genuinely care for your needs.
For I have no other like him with a genuine concern for your welfare,
21 For all the others look after their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
for they are all seeking their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
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 Timothy’s worth, how he has shared my servitude in furtherance of the gospel, like a son helping his father.
23 So I hope to send him as soon as I see what happens with me.
So I hope to send him, as soon as ever I see how it will go with me;
24 And I trust in the Lord that I myself will come soon.
but I trust in the Lord that I also shall come shortly.
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.
Epaphroditus, my brother and coworker and fellow soldier, who is your messenger and minister to my needs, I have thought it necessary to send to you;
26 For he has been longing for all of you and is distressed because you heard he was ill.
for he has been homesick for you all, and distressed at your having heard of his illness.
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.
And indeed he was sick nigh unto death; but God had mercy on him, and not on him only, but on me also so that I should not have sorrow upon 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.
Therefore I have been the more eager to send him, in order that you may rejoice in seeing him again, and that I may have one sorrow less.
29 Welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honor men like him,
Receive him then in the Lord with all joy, and hold in honor men like him;
30 because he nearly died for the work of Christ, risking his life to make up for your deficit of service to me.
for it was through the work of the Lord that he came near to death; for he hazarded his very life to supply what was lacking in the help you sent me.
