Phil-02
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v1
So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy,
v2
complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.
v3
Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.
v4
Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.
v5
Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,
v6
who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,
v7
but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.
v8
And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
v9
Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name,
v10
so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
v11
and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.Lights in the World
v12
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,
v13
for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
v14
Do all things without grumbling or disputing,
v15
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,
v16
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.
v17
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.
v18
Likewise you also should be glad and rejoice with me.Timothy and Epaphroditus
v19
I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be cheered by news of you.
v20
For I have no one like him, who will be genuinely concerned for your welfare.
v21
For they all seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
v22
But you know Timothy’s proven worth, how as a son with a father he has served with me in the gospel.
v23
I hope therefore to send him just as soon as I see how it will go with me,
v24
and I trust in the Lord that shortly I myself will come also.
v25
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,
v26
for he has been longing for you all and has been distressed because you heard that he was ill.
v27
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.
v28
I am the more eager to send him, therefore, that you may rejoice at seeing him again, and that I may be less anxious.
v29
So receive him in the Lord with all joy, and honor such men,
v30
for he nearly died for the work of Christ, risking his life to complete what was lacking in your service to me.