Philippians 2

1 If therefore there is any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion,

If then there is any exhortation in Christ, if any encouragement from love, if any partaking of the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion,

2 make my joy full by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;

make my joy full, that ye be of the same mind, having the same love, with union of soul cherishing one mind;

3 doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

doing nothing in the spirit of faction, or in the spirit of vain-glory, but in humility esteeming others as better than yourselves;

4 each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

looking each of you not to his own interest, but each to the interest of others also.

5 Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,

Yea, let this mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus,

6 who, existing in the form of God, didn’t consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,

who, being in the form of God, did not regard it as a thing to be grasped at to be on an equality with God,

7 but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men.

but made himself of no consideration, taking the form of a servant, and becoming like men;

8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, yes, the death of the cross.

and in what appertained to him appearing as a man, he humbled himself, and was obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

9 Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name,

Wherefore God also highly exalted him, and gave him a name which is above every name;

10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth,

that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those who are in heaven, and those on earth, and those under the earth,

11 and 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, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

So then, my beloved, as ye 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 works in you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

for it is God who worketh in you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

14 Do all things without complaining and arguing,

Do all things without murmurings and doubts;

15 that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the middle of a crooked and perverse generation, amongst whom you are seen as lights in the world,

that ye may be blameless and pure, children of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation; among whom ye shine as luminaries in the world,

16 holding up the word of life, that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ that I didn’t run in vain nor labour in vain.

holding forth the word of life, that I may have whereof to boast against the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain, or labor in vain.

17 Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.

But if I am even poured out on the sacrifice and ministration of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all.

18 In the same way, you also should be glad and rejoice with me.

For the same reason, do ye also rejoice, and rejoice with me.

19 But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered up when I know how you are doing.

But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered when I know your state.

20 For I have no one else like-minded, who will truly care about you.

For I have no one like-minded, who will have a true concern for your state;

21 For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.

for all of them are seeking their own things, not those of Christ Jesus.

22 But you know that he has proved himself. As a child serves a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the Good News.

But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son serves a father, he served with me for the gospel.

23 Therefore I hope to send him at once, as soon as I see how it will go with me.

Him therefore I hope to send forthwith, as soon as I see how it will go with me;

24 But I trust in the Lord that I myself also will come shortly.

but I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come soon.

25 But I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, fellow soldier, and your apostle and servant of my need,

Yet I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labor, and fellow-soldier, but your messenger, and minister to my wants;

26 since he longed for you all, and was very troubled because you had heard that he was sick.

for he was longing after you all, and was much troubled, because ye heard that he was sick.

27 For indeed he was sick nearly to death, but God had mercy on him, and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow on sorrow.

For indeed he was sick near to death; but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

28 I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that when you see him again, you may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.

I send him therefore the more speedily, that when ye see him ye may again rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.

29 Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and hold such people in honour,

Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness, and hold such in honor;

30 because for the work of Christ he came near to death, risking his life to supply that which was lacking in your service towards me.

because he was near to death on account of the work, hazarding his life to supply what was wanting on your part in the ministration to me.