Philippians 2
1 If there is therefore any comfort in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassions,
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 fulfill ye my joy, that ye be of the same mind, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;
fulfill my joy, that you be of the same mind, having the same love, of one soul, of one mind;
3 [doing] nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself;
doing nothing in strife and vain glory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.
4 not looking each of you to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.
Consider not each one his own gifts, but each one also the gifts of others.
5 Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus,
6 who, being in the form of God, counted it not a prize to be on an equality with God,
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 the likeness of men;
but he divested himself by taking the form of a servant, and being made in the likeness of men:
8 and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, becoming obedient [even] unto death, yea, the death of the 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 Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and gave unto him the name which is above every name;
For which reason God has highly exalted him, and, also, bestowed on him a name that is above every name;
10 that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of [things] in heaven and [things] on earth and [things] 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 that every tongue should 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 So then, my beloved, even as ye 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;
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 which worketh in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.
for it is God, who, of his good pleasure, works in you both the will and the power to perform.
14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings;
Do all things without murmurings and disputings,
15 that ye may be blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye are seen 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 holding forth the word of life; that I may have whereof to glory in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain neither labour 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 Yea, and if I am offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all:
But if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all.
18 and in the same manner do ye also joy, and rejoice with me.
In like manner do you also rejoice, and rejoice with me.
19 But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state.
But I trust in the Lord Jesus, to send Timothy shortly to you, that I also may be refreshed by knowing your condition;
20 For I have no man likeminded, who will care truly for your state.
for I have no one of a kindred spirit who will sincerely care for your condition:
21 For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.
for all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.
22 But ye know the proof of him, that, as a child [serveth] a father, [so] he served with me in furtherance of the gospel.
But you know his approved character, that as a son with a father he has served with me in the gospel.
23 Him therefore I hope to send forthwith, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me:
Him, therefore, I hope to send immediately, as soon as I know how it may go with me.
24 but I trust in the Lord that I myself also shall come shortly.
But I trust in the Lord that I myself also will come shortly.
25 But I counted it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow-worker and fellow-soldier, and your messenger and minister to my need;
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 since he longed after you all, and was sore troubled, because ye had heard that he was sick:
because he longed after you all, and was much distressed, because you had heard that he was sick.
27 for indeed he was sick 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.
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 I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.
I sent him, therefore, the sooner, that, by seeing him again, you might rejoice, and that I might be the less sorrowful.
29 Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy; and hold such in honour:
Receive him, therefore, in the Lord with all joy, and regard such as worthy of honor;
30 because for the work of Christ he came nigh unto death, hazarding his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward 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.
