Philippians 2
1 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,
Therfor if ony coumfort is in Crist, if ony solace of charite, if ony felouschipe of spirit, if ony inwardnesse of merci doyng,
2 I entreat you to make my joy overflow by living in harmony; possessing the same love, and with one soul united in one purpose.
fille ye my ioye, that ye vndurstonde the same thing, and haue the same charite, of o wille, and feelen the same thing;
3 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.
no thing bi strijf, nether by veyn glorie, but in mekenesse, demynge eche othere to be heiyer than hym silf;
4 Let each have an eye not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.
not biholdinge ech bi hym silf what thingis ben his owne, but tho thingis that ben of othere men.
5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,
And fele ye this thing in you, which also in Crist Jhesu;
6 who, though from the beginning he had the nature of God, did not reckon equality with God something to be forcibly retained,
that whanne he was in the forme of God, demyde not raueyn, that hym silf were euene to God;
7 but emptied himself of his glory by taking the form of a slave, when he was born in the likeness of men.
but he lowide hym silf, takinge the forme of a seruaunt, and was maad in to the licknesse of men, and in abite was foundun as a man.
8 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.
He mekide hym silf, and was maad obedient to the deth, yhe, to the deth of the cross.
9 And for this God highly exalted him, and graciously bestowed upon him the name which is above every name;
For which thing God enhaunside hym, and yaf to hym a name that is aboue al name;
10 that in the name of Jesus every knee in heaven, on earth, and under the earth should bend,
that in the name of Jhesu ech kne be bowid, of heuenli thingis, of ertheli thingis, and of hellis;
11 and every tongue confess that "Jesus Christ is Lord," to the glory of God the Father.
and ech tunge knouleche, that the Lord Jhesu Crist is in the glorie of God the fadir.
12 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;
Therfor, my most dereworthe britheren, as euere more ye han obeischid, not in my presence onely, but myche more now in myn absence, worche ye with drede and trembling youre heelthe.
13 for it is God who, in his good-will is ever working in you both will and deed.
For it is God that worchith in you, bothe to wilne, and to performe, for good wille.
14 Do everything without grumbling and disputes,
And do ye alle thingis with out grutchingis and doutyngis;
15 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,
that ye be with out playnt, and symple as the sones of God, with out repreef, in the myddil of a schrewid nacioun and a weiward; among whiche ye schynen as yyueris of liyt in the world.
16 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.
And holde ye togidere the word of lijf to my glorie in the day of Crist; for Y haue not runnen in veyn, nether Y haue trauelid in veyn.
17 Nay, even if my life is to be poured out as a libation upon the sacrifice and service of you faith,
But thouy Y be offrid or slayn on the sacrifice and seruyce of youre feith, Y haue ioye, and Y thanke you alle.
18 I will rejoice and congratulate you all; and in the same way you must rejoice and congratulate me.
And the same thing haue ye ioye, and thanke ye me.
19 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.
And Y hope in the Lord Jhesu, that Y schal sende Tymothe soone to you, that Y be of good coumfort, whanne tho thingis ben knowun that ben aboute you.
20 For I have no other like him with a genuine concern for your welfare,
For Y haue no man so of o wille, that is bisi for you with clene affeccioun.
21 for they are all seeking their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
For alle men seken tho thingis that ben her owne, not tho that ben of Crist Jhesu.
22 And you know Timothy’s worth, how he has shared my servitude in furtherance of the gospel, like a son helping his father.
But knowe ye the asaie of hym, for as a sone to the fadir he hath seruyd with me in the gospel.
23 So I hope to send him, as soon as ever I see how it will go with me;
Therfor Y hope that Y schal sende hym to you, anoon as Y se what thingis ben aboute me.
24 but I trust in the Lord that I also shall come shortly.
And Y triste in the Lord, that also my silf schal come to you soone.
25 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;
And Y gesside it nedeful to sende to you Epafrodite, my brother and euene worchere, and myn euene knyyt, but youre apostle, and the mynystre of my nede.
26 for he has been homesick for you all, and distressed at your having heard of his illness.
For he desiride you alle, and he was sorewful, therfor that ye herden that he was sijk.
27 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.
For he was sijk to the deth, but God hadde merci on him; and not oneli on hym, but also on me, lest Y hadde heuynesse on heuynesse.
28 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.
Therfor more hastili Y sente hym, that whanne ye han seyn hym, ye haue ioye eft, and Y be withouten heuynesse.
29 Receive him then in the Lord with all joy, and hold in honor men like him;
Therfor resseyue ye hym with al ioye in the Lord, and haue ye suche with al onour.
30 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.
For the werk of Crist he wente to deth, yyuynge his lijf, that he schulde fulfille that that failide of you anentis my seruyce.
