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 therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, (agape) if any fellowship of the Spirit, (pneuma) if any bowels and mercies,

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

Fulfill all of you my joy, that all of you be likeminded, having the same love, (agape) being of one accord, of one mind.

3 doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

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

Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things 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, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

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

But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was 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 fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even 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 has highly exalted him, and given 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 at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things 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.

Wherefore, my beloved, as all of 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 which works in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

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 all of you may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom all of 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.

Holding forth the word (logos) of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither 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 if I be offered upon 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.

For the same cause also do all of you 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 trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state.

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

For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state.

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

For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's.

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 all of you know the proof of him, that, as a son with the 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 presently, so soon as I shall see how it will 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 also 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,

Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellow soldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants.

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

For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that all of you 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 indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should 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 more carefully, that, when all of you see him again, all of you may rejoice, and that I may 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 gladness; and hold such in reputation:

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 Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.