Philippians 2
1 If, then, any exhortation [is] in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of [the] Spirit, if any yearnings and mercies,
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 fulfill my joy, that you may mind the same thing—having the same love—of one soul—minding the one thing,
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 nothing in rivalry or vainglory, but in humility of mind counting one another more excellent 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 do not each look to your own, but each also to the things of others.
Let each have an eye not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.
5 For let this mind be in you that [is] also in Christ Jesus,
Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,
6 who, being in the form of God, thought [it] not something to be seized to be equal to God,
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, having taken the form of a servant, having been made in the likeness of men,
but emptied himself of his glory by taking the form of a slave, when he was born in the likeness of men.
8 and having been found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself, having become obedient to death—even death of 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 for this reason, also, God highly exalted Him, and gave to Him a Name that [is] above every name,
And for this God highly exalted him, and graciously bestowed upon him the name which is above every name;
10 that in the Name of Jesus every knee may bow—of heavenlies, and earthlies, and what are 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 may 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 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,
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 is working in you both to will and to work for His good pleasure.
for it is God who, in his good-will is ever working in you both will and deed.
14 Do all things without murmurings and deliberations,
Do everything without grumbling and disputes,
15 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,
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 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;
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 if I also am poured forth on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and am glad with you all,
Nay, even if my life is to be poured out as a libation upon the sacrifice and service of you faith,
18 because of this you also rejoice and are glad with me.
I will rejoice and congratulate you all; and in the same way you must rejoice and congratulate me.
19 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,
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 for I have no one like-minded, who will sincerely care for the things concerning you,
For I have no other like him with a genuine concern for your welfare,
21 for the whole seek their own things, not the things of Christ Jesus,
for they are all seeking their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
22 and you know his proof, that as a child [serves] a father, he served with me in regard to the good news;
And you know Timothy’s worth, how he has shared my servitude in furtherance of the gospel, like a son helping his father.
23 I indeed hope to send him, when I may see through the things concerning me—immediately;
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 will also come quickly myself.
but I trust in the Lord that I also shall come shortly.
25 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,
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 seeing he was longing after you all, and in heaviness, because you heard that he ailed,
for he has been homesick for you all, and distressed at your having heard of his illness.
27 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.
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 The more eagerly, therefore, I sent him, that having seen him again you may rejoice, and I may be less sorrowful;
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 receive him, therefore, in the LORD, with all joy, and hold such in honor,
Receive him then in the Lord with all joy, and hold in honor men like him;
30 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.
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.
