Philippians 2
1 If there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any comfort from his love, if there is any fellowship of the Spirit, if there are any tender mercies and compassions,
If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
2 then make my joy full by thinking alike, having the same love, being united in spirit, and having the same purpose.
Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
3 Do nothing out of selfishness or empty conceit. Instead with humility consider others better than yourselves.
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
4 Each of you should take care not only for your own needs, but also for the needs of others.
Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
5 You should have the same attitude toward one another as was in Christ Jesus.
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
6 He existed in the form of God, but he did not consider his equality with God as something to hold on to.
Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
7 Instead, he emptied himself by taking the form of a servant, and he was born in the likeness of men.
But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
8 He humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death, even death of a cross!
And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
9 Therefore God also highly exalted him. He gave him the name that is above every name.
Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
10 He did this so that in the name of Jesus every knee should bend, the knees of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth.
That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
11 He did this so that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
12 So then, my beloved, as you always obey, not only in my presence but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
13 For it is God who is working in you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
14 Do all things without complaining or arguing.
Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
15 Act in this way so that you may become blameless and honest, children of God without blemish. Act in this way so that you may shine as lights in the world, in the middle of a crooked and depraved generation.
That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
16 Hold tightly to the word of life so that I may have reason to glory on the day of Christ. For then I will know that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.
Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.
17 But even if I am being poured out as an offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.
Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.
18 In the same manner you also should be glad and rejoice with me.
For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me.
19 But I have hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I may also be encouraged when I know the things about you.
But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state.
20 For I have no one else with his same attitude, who is truly anxious for you.
For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state.
21 For they all seek their own interests, not the things of Jesus Christ.
For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s.
22 But you know his worth, because as a child serves his father, so he served with me in the gospel.
But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.
23 So I hope to send him as soon as I see how things will go with me.
Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me.
24 But I am confident in the Lord that I myself will also come soon.
But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly.
25 But I think it is necessary to send Epaphroditus back to you. He is my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, and your messenger and servant for my needs.
Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants.
26 For he was very distressed, and he longed to be with you all, because you heard that he was sick.
For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.
27 For indeed he was so sick that he almost died. But God had mercy on him, and not on him only, but also on me, so that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.
For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.
28 So it is all the more eagerly that I am sending him, so that when you see him again you may rejoice, and I can be free from anxiety.
I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.
29 Welcome Epaphroditus in the Lord with all joy. Honor people like him.
Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation:
30 For it was for the work of Christ that he came near death. He risked his life to serve me and fill up what you could not do in service to me.
Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.
