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 then [there be] any comfort in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of [the] Spirit, if any bowels and compassions,

2 fulfill ye my joy, that ye be of the same mind, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;

fulfil my joy, that ye may think the same thing, having the same love, joined in soul, thinking one thing;

3 [doing] nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself;

[let] nothing [be] in the spirit of strife or vain glory, but, in lowliness of mind, each esteeming the other as more excellent than themselves;

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

regarding not each his own [qualities], but each those of others also.

5 Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

For 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, subsisting in the form of God, did not esteem it an object of rapine to be on an equality with God;

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

but emptied himself, taking a bondman's form, taking his place 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 having been found in figure as a man, humbled himself, becoming obedient even unto death, and [that the] death of [the] cross.

9 Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and gave unto him the name which is above every name;

Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and granted him a name, that which 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 at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of heavenly and earthly and infernal [beings],

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

and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ [is] Lord to God [the] Father's glory.

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 that, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much rather 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 works in you both the willing and the working according to [his] good pleasure.

14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings;

Do all things without murmurings and reasonings,

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 ye may be harmless and simple, irreproachable children of God in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation; among whom ye appear as lights 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, so as to be a boast for me in Christ's day, that I have not run in vain nor laboured 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 also I am poured out as a libation on the sacrifice and ministration of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice in common with you all.

18 and in the same manner do ye also joy, and rejoice with me.

In like manner do ye 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 hope in [the] Lord Jesus to send Timotheus to you shortly, that I also may be refreshed, knowing how ye get on.

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

For I have no one like-minded who will care with genuine feeling how ye get on.

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

For all seek their own things, 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 ye know the proof of him, that, as a child a father, he has served with me in the work of the glad tidings.

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 shall see how it goes 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 shall soon come;

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;

but I have thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow-workman and fellow-soldier, but your messenger and minister to my need,

26 since he longed after you all, and was sore troubled, because ye had heard that he was sick:

since he had a longing desire after you all, and was distressed because ye 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.

for he was also sick close to death, but God had mercy on him, and not indeed on him alone, but also on me, 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 have sent him therefore the more diligently, that seeing him ye might again 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 hold such in honour;

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 sake of the work he drew near even to death, venturing his life that he might fill up what lacked in your ministration toward me.