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 there be, therefore, any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any tender affections and compassions,

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

Fill ye up my joy—that, the same thing, ye esteem, the same love, possessing, joined in soul, the one thing, esteeming, —

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

Nothing by way of faction, nothing by way of vain-glory, —but, in lowliness of mind, accounting, one another, superior to yourselves, —

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

Not, to your own things, severally looking, but, to the things of others, severally: —

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

The same thing, esteem, in yourselves, which also, in Christ Jesus, [ye esteem], —

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

Who, in form of God, subsisting, not, a thing to be seized, accounted the being equal with God,

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

But, himself, emptied, taking, a servant’s form, coming to be, in men’s likeness;

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

And, in fashion, being found, as a man, humbled himself, becoming obedient as far as death, yea, death upon a cross.

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

Wherefore also, God, uplifted him far on high, and favoured him with 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—

In order that, in the name of Jesus, every knee might bow—of beings in heaven, and on earth, and underground, —

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

And, every tongue, might openly confess—that Jesus Christ is, Lord, unto 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,

So, then, my beloved—even as ye have always obeyed, not [as] in my presence only, but, now, much more, in my absence, with fear and trembling, your own salvation, be working out;

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 energiseth within you, both the desiring and the energising, in behalf of his good pleasure.

14 Do all things without murmurings and deliberations,

All things, be doing, apart from murmurings and disputings;

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,

In order that ye may become faultless and inviolate, children of God, blameless amidst a crooked and perverted generation, amongst whom ye appear as luminaries in the 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;

A word of light, holding forth, —as a matter of boasting unto me, for the day of Christ, —that, not in vain, I ran, nor, in vain, I toiled: —

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! if I am even to be poured out as a drink-offering, upon the sacrifice and public ministry of your faith, I rejoice, yea rejoice together with you all, —

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

For the same cause, moreover, do, ye also, rejoice, yea rejoice together with 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,

I am hoping, however, in the Lord Jesus—Timothy, shortly, to send unto you, in order that, I also, may be of cheerful soul, when I have ascertained the things that concern you.

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

For, no one, have I, of equal soul, who, genuinely, as to the things that concern you, will be anxious;

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

For, they all, their own things, do seek, not the things of Christ Jesus;

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

But, of the proof of him, be taking note, —that, as child, with father, with me, hath he done service for the glad-message;

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

Him, indeed, therefore, am I hoping to send—as soon as I can look off from the things that concern myself, —forthwith.

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

I am assured, however, in the Lord, —that I, myself, shall shortly come.

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,

Needful, nevertheless have I accounted it—Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, but your apostle and public minister to my need, to send unto you;

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

Since he hath been longing to see, you all, and hath been in great distress, because ye had heard he was sick; —

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, in fact, he was sick, nigh unto death; but, God, had mercy on him, —and, not on him only, but, on me also, lest, sorrow upon sorrow, I should have.

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

The more promptly, therefore, have I sent him, that, seeing him again, ye may rejoice, and, I, the less sorrowful, may be.

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

Be giving him welcome, therefore, in the Lord, with all joy; and, such as he, in honour, be holding, —

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.

Because, for the sake of the work of the Lord, unto death, he drew nigh, running hazard with his life, that he might fill up your lack of the public service, towards me.