Philippians 2

1 If therefore there be any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any participation of the Spirit,

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,

2 if any bowels of compassion, compleat ye my joy, be like-minded, maintaining the same love, with your souls united, in attending to the one thing needful.

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

3 Do nothing through strife or vain-glory, but in lowliness of mind each esteeming others better than themselves.

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

4 Look not every one to his own interests only, but every one also to the concerns of others.

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

5 Let the same mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

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

6 who being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be as God.

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

7 Yet He emptied himself, assuming the form of a servant, when made in the likeness of men:

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

8 and being in the human state, He humbled himself, and was obedient even unto death, and that the death of the cross.

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

9 Wherefore God hath highly exalted Him, and given Him a name above every name:

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

10 that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of celestial beings, as well as of those on earth, and of those under the earth;

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

11 and every tongue 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 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed the gospel, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence; be still working out your own salvation though with fear and trembling:

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.

13 for it is God that worketh in you both to will, and to work, out of his own good-pleasure.

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

14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings:

Do all things without complaining and arguing,

15 that ye may be blameless and inoffensive, the children of God without reproof, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation; among whom ye shine as lights in the world,

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

16 exhibiting the word of life; to my rejoicing in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, nor laboured in vain.

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 labor in vain.

17 But if I be even poured forth as a libation on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and congratulate with you all.

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

18 And for the same cause do ye also rejoice, and congratulate with me.

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

19 But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you shortly, that I also may be refreshed, by knowing the state of your affairs.

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.

20 For I have no one of a like spirit, who will with a kind of natural affection take care of your affairs.

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

21 For all seek their own interests, not those of Christ Jesus.

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

22 But ye know the proof I have had of him, that as son with a father he served with me in the gospel.

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.

23 I hope therefore to send him as soon as I see the issue of my own affairs.

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

24 But I trust in the Lord, that I shall soon come myself too.

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

25 However, I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus my brother, and fellow-laborer, and fellow-soldier, but your messenger, who ministred to my wants:

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

26 for he much longed after you all, and was greatly concerned because ye had heard that he was sick.

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

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

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.

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

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.

29 Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and have such in high esteem:

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

30 because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his own life, so that he might fill up what was wanting in your kind offices towards me.

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