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 Phl 2:1 |
So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, |
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Phl 2:2 |
complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. |
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Phl 2:3 |
Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. |
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Phl 2:4 |
Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. |
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Phl 2:5 |
Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, [fn] |
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Phl 2:6 |
who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, |
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Phl 2:7 |
but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, [fn] being born in the likeness of men. |
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Phl 2:8 |
And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. |
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Phl 2:9 |
Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, |
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Phl 2:10 |
so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, |
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Phl 2:11 |
and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. |
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Phl 2:12 |
Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, |
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Phl 2:13 |
for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. |
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Phl 2:14 |
Do all things without grumbling or disputing, |
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Phl 2:15 |
that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, |
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Phl 2:16 |
holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain. |
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Phl 2:17 |
Even if I am to be poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all. |
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Phl 2:18 |
Likewise you also should be glad and rejoice with me. |
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Phl 2:19 |
I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be cheered by news of you. |
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Phl 2:20 |
For I have no one like him, who will be genuinely concerned for your welfare. |
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Phl 2:21 |
For they all seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ. |
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Phl 2:22 |
But you know Timothy's [fn] proven worth, how as a son [fn] with a father he has served with me in the gospel. |
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Phl 2:23 |
I hope therefore to send him just as soon as I see how it will go with me, |
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Phl 2:24 |
and I trust in the Lord that shortly I myself will come also. |
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Phl 2:25 |
I have thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, and your messenger and minister to my need, |
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Phl 2:26 |
for he has been longing for you all and has been distressed because you heard that he was ill. |
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Phl 2:27 |
Indeed he was ill, near to death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow. |
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Phl 2:28 |
I am the more eager to send him, therefore, that you may rejoice at seeing him again, and that I may be less anxious. |
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Phl 2:29 |
So receive him in the Lord with all joy, and honor such men, |
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Phl 2:30 |
for he nearly died for the work of Christ, risking his life to complete what was lacking in your service to me. |
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Philippians - Chapter 2
   
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