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 then there is any consolation in Christ, if there is any comfort of divine love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and mercies,
2 make my joy full by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;
fill my joy, that you may think the same thing, having the same divine love, being like-minded, thinking this one thing;
3 doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;
that nothing is to be according to self-seeking nor according to vain glory, but in humility esteeming one another better than yourselves;
4 each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.
looking not each after your own interests, but each after that of others.
5 Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,
Think the same thing among yourselves, which is 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, thought it not usurpation to be equal with God,
7 but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men.
but he humbled himself, having taken the form of a servant, being in the likeness of men; and having been found in fashion like a man;
8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, yes, the death of the cross.
he humbled himself, being obedient even unto death, yea, the death of the cross.
9 Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name,
Therefore God has indeed exalted him, and given him a name 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 at the name of Jesus every knee must bow, of things in heaven and things upon the earth and things beneath the earth,
11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
and every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, unto 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, my beloved brethren, as you have always harkened, not only in my presence, 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 God is the one working in you both to will and to do, of his own good pleasure.
14 Do all things without complaining and arguing,
Do all things without murmurings and disputatious;
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,
in order that you may be blameless and pure, the children of God, irreproachable, amid a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights 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.
having the word of life; unto my boasting in the day of Christ, because I did not run in vain, neither did I 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 indeed I am poured out for a sacrifice and an offering for your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice along with you all;
18 In the same way, you also should be glad and rejoice with me.
but you also rejoice in this same thing, and rejoice along 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 hope in the Lord Jesus, speedily to send unto you Timothy, in order that I may also be delighted, having learned the things concerning you.
20 For I have no one else like-minded, who will truly care about you.
For I have no one like-minded, who will nobly remember the things concerning you;
21 For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.
for all are seeking after their own, and 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 integrity, that, as a child a father, he served along 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.
Indeed then I hope to send him, so soon as I may learn the things concerning myself:
24 But I trust in the Lord that I myself also will come shortly.
but I trust in the Lord that I myself will come speedily.
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,
But I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow-laborer and fellow-soldier, and apostle and the minister of my necessity;
26 since he longed for you all, and was very troubled because you had heard that he was sick.
since he was longing after you all, and grieving, because you 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.
For he was indeed nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not only him, but me also, in order that I may 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.
Therefore I the more diligently, in order that, seeing him, you may rejoice again, and I may not be without sorrow.
29 Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and hold such people in honor,
Then receive him in the Lord with all joy, and have such in 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 he was nigh unto death on account of the work of Christ, having jeoparded his life, in order that he might fulfill your deficiency of ministry towards me.
