Philippians 2

1 Therefore if you have any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,

If, therefore, there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort arising from love, if any participation of the Spirit, if any affections and mercies,

2 then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being united in spirit and purpose.

fulfill my joy, that you be of the same mind, having the same love, of one soul, of one mind;

3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.

doing nothing in strife and vain glory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.

4 Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.

Consider not each one his own gifts, but each one also the gifts of others.

5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus:

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus,

6 Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,

who, being in the form of God, did not think it an act of robbery to be equal with God;

7 but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness.

but he divested himself by taking the form of a servant, and being made in the likeness of men:

8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death— even death on a cross.

and being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient even to death, the death, indeed, of the cross.

9 Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names,

For which reason God has highly exalted him, and, also, bestowed on him a name that is above every name;

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

that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow of those who are in heaven, and those who are on earth, and those who are 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 Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.

So, then, my beloved, as you have 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 to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.

for it is God, who, of his good pleasure, works in you both the will and the power to perform.

14 Do everything without complaining or arguing,

Do all things without murmurings and disputings,

15 so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world

that you may be without reproach and Harmless, the children of God, without blame, in the midst of a wicked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as luminaries in the world,

16 as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.

holding forth the word of life, that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain, nor labor in vain.

17 But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.

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

18 So you too should be glad and rejoice with me.

In like manner do you also rejoice, and rejoice with me.

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

But I trust in the Lord Jesus, to send Timothy shortly to you, that I also may be refreshed by knowing your condition;

20 I have nobody else like him who will genuinely care for your needs.

for I have no one of a kindred spirit who will sincerely care for your condition:

21 For all the others look after their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.

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

22 But you know Timothy’s proven worth, that as a child with his father he has served with me to advance the gospel.

But you know his approved character, that as a son with a father he has served with me in the gospel.

23 So I hope to send him as soon as I see what happens with me.

Him, therefore, I hope to send immediately, as soon as I know how it may go with me.

24 And I trust in the Lord that I myself will come soon.

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

25 But I thought it necessary to send back to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger and minister to my needs.

Yet I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus my brother and companion in labor and fellow-soldier, but your apostle, who also ministered to my want,

26 For he has been longing for all of you and is distressed because you heard he was ill.

because he longed after you all, and was much distressed, because you had heard that he was sick.

27 He was sick indeed, nearly unto death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, to spare me sorrow upon sorrow.

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

28 Therefore I am all the more eager to send him, so that when you see him again you may rejoice, and I may be less anxious.

I sent him, therefore, the sooner, that, by seeing him again, you might rejoice, and that I might be the less sorrowful.

29 Welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honor men like him,

Receive him, therefore, in the Lord with all joy, and regard such as worthy of honor;

30 because he nearly died for the work of Christ, risking his life to make up for your deficit of service to me.

because for the work of the Christ he was near to death, not regarding his life, that he might supply that which was lacking in your service to me.