Philippians 2

1 If therefore there is any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies 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 make my joy full by being like-minded, 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 rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

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

4 each of you not just looking 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 in your mind, 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, didn’t consider equality with God a thing 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 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 human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, yes, 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 Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to 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 at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those 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 you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, 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 who works 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 complaining and arguing,

Do all things without murmurings and disputings,

15 that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the middle of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you 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 up the word of life, that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ that I didn’t run in vain nor 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 Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad 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 In the same way, you also should be glad 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 to you soon, that I also may be cheered up when I know 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 For I have no one else like-minded, who will truly care about you.

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 you know that he has proved himself. As a child serves a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the Good News.

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

23 Therefore I hope to send him at once, as soon as I 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 will come shortly.

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

25 But I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, fellow soldier, and your apostle and servant of 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 for you all, and was very troubled because you 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 nearly to death, but God had mercy on him, and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow on 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 you see him again, you 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 people in honor,

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 near to death, risking 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.