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| Phl 2:1 | Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, |
| Phl 2:2 | then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. |
| Phl 2:3 | Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, |
| Phl 2:4 | not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. |
| Phl 2:5 | In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: |
| Phl 2:6 | Who, being in very nature [fn1] God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; |
| Phl 2:7 | rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature [fn2] of a servant, being made in human likeness. |
| Phl 2:8 | And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death— even death on a cross! |
| Phl 2:9 | Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, |
| Phl 2:10 | that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, |
| Phl 2:11 | and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. |
| Phl 2:12 | Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, |
| Phl 2:13 | for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose. |
| Phl 2:14 | Do everything without grumbling or arguing, |
| Phl 2:15 | so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.” [fn3] Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky |
| Phl 2:16 | as you hold firmly to the word of life. And then I will be able to boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain. |
| Phl 2:17 | But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service coming from your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you. |
| Phl 2:18 | So you too should be glad and rejoice with me. |
| Phl 2:19 | I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered when I receive news about you. |
| Phl 2:20 | I have no one else like him, who will show genuine concern for your welfare. |
| Phl 2:21 | For everyone looks out for their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ. |
| Phl 2:22 | But you know that Timothy has proved himself, because as a son with his father he has served with me in the work of the gospel. |
| Phl 2:23 | I hope, therefore, to send him as soon as I see how things go with me. |
| Phl 2:24 | And I am confident in the Lord that I myself will come soon. |
| Phl 2:25 | But I think it is necessary to send back to you Epaphroditus, my brother, co-worker and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger, whom you sent to take care of my needs. |
| Phl 2:26 | For he longs for all of you and is distressed because you heard he was ill. |
| Phl 2:27 | Indeed he was ill, and almost died. But God had mercy on him, and not on him only but also on me, to spare me sorrow upon sorrow. |
| Phl 2:28 | Therefore I am all the more eager to send him, so that when you see him again you may be glad and I may have less anxiety. |
| Phl 2:29 | So then, welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honor people like him, |
| Phl 2:30 | because he almost died for the work of Christ. He risked his life to make up for the help you yourselves could not give me. |
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