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 there be then any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any communion of spirit, if any bowels and compassions,

2 make my joy full by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;

fulfil ye my joy, that ye may be united in sentiment, 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;

Let nothing be done contentiously or vain-gloriously; but in humility reckoning others superior to yourselves.

4 each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

Let not each aim at their own particular interests, but every man at those of others.

5 Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,

Let the same sentiment of 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 counted it no usurpation to claim equality with God:

7 but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men.

but emptied himself, assuming the form of a servant, made after the similitude of mortal 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 found in fashion as man, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, even to the death of the cross.

9 Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name,

Wherefore God also hath transcendently exalted him, and bestowed on him a name which 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 to the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of beings celestial and terrestrial, and infernal;

11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

and every tongue should confess that the Lord Jesus is Messiah, 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.

Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always been obedient, not only during my presence with you, but now much more in my absence, with fear and trembling work out your own salvation.

13 For it is God who works in you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

For it is God who worketh effectually in you both to will and to perform of his good pleasure.

14 Do all things without complaining and arguing,

Do all things without murmurings or disputes:

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 ye may be blameless and harmless, the children of God, inoffensive, in the midst of an untoward and perverse generation, among whom ye 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 up the word of life, that I may glory in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, nor laboured 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.

Yea, and should I become the victim, in the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.

18 In the same way, you also should be glad and rejoice with me.

In like manner do ye also joy 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 hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy shortly unto you, that I also may be refreshed in spirit, when I know your affairs.

20 For I have no one else like-minded, who will truly care about you.

For I have no one like minded with him, who will genuinely care for your affairs.

21 For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.

For all seek their own interests, not those of Christ Jesus.

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 ye have known the trial of him, that, as a son with a father, he hath 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 see clearly what will become of me.

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

But I have confidence in the Lord that I myself shall 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,

But I have thought it necessary to send unto you Epaphroditus, my brother, and fellow-labourer, and fellow-soldier, but your messenger, and the minister who supplied my want.

26 since he longed for you all, and was very troubled because you had heard that he was sick.

For indeed he greatly longed after you all, and was very sorry that ye had heard that he had been 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 sick indeed he was, 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.

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 have sent him therefore the more diligently, that seeing him once more ye may rejoice, and I be 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 honourably treat those that are such:

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.

for in the work of Christ he was nigh unto death indifferent about life, that he might afford me that service which it was not in your power to render me.