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,

If, then, any exhortation [is] in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

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.

fulfil ye my joy, that ye may mind the same thing — having the same love — of one soul — minding the one 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.

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

4 Let each have an eye not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.

each not to your own look ye, 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, though from the beginning he had the nature of God, did not reckon equality with God something to be forcibly retained,

who, being in the form of God, thought [it] not robbery to be equal 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 did empty himself, the form of a servant having taken, in the likeness of men having been made,

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.

and in fashion having been found as a man, he humbled himself, having become obedient unto death — death even of a cross,

9 And for this God highly exalted him, and graciously bestowed upon him the name which is above every name;

wherefore, also, God did highly exalt him, and gave to him a name that [is] above every 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 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 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;

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

13 for it is God who, in his good-will is ever working in you both will and deed.

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

14 Do everything without grumbling and disputes,

All things do without murmurings and reasonings,

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 may become blameless and harmless, children of God, unblemished in the midst of a generation crooked and perverse, among whom ye do appear as luminaries 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.

the word of life holding forth, for rejoicing to me in regard to a day of Christ, that not in vain did I run, nor in vain did I labour;

17 Nay, even if my life is to be poured out as a libation upon the sacrifice and service of you faith,

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

18 I will rejoice and congratulate you all; and in the same way you must rejoice and congratulate me.

because of this do ye also rejoice and joy with 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 I hope, in the Lord Jesus, Timotheus to send quickly to you, that I also may be of good spirit, having known the things concerning you,

20 For I have no other like him with a genuine concern for your welfare,

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

21 for they are all seeking their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.

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

22 And you know Timothy’s worth, how he has shared my servitude in furtherance of the gospel, like a son helping his father.

and the proof of him ye know, that as a child [serveth] a father, with me he did serve in regard to the good news;

23 So I hope to send him, as soon as ever I see how it will go with me;

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

24 but I trust in the Lord that I also shall come shortly.

and I trust in the Lord that I myself also shall quickly come.

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

26 for he has been homesick for you all, and distressed at your having heard of his illness.

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

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 also ailed nigh to death, but God did deal kindly with him, and not with him only, but also with me, that sorrow upon sorrow I might not have.

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.

The more eagerly, therefore, I did send him, that having seen him again ye may rejoice, and I may be the less sorrowful;

29 Receive him then in the Lord with all joy, and hold in honor men like him;

receive him, therefore, in the Lord, with all joy, and hold such in honour,

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.

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