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Phil 2:1

& Therefore if there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any consolation of love, if there is any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,

Phil 2:2

& make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose.

Phil 2:3

& Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves;

Phil 2:4

& do not {merely} look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.

Phil 2:5

& Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus,

Phil 2:6

& who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped,

Phil 2:7

& but (I.e. laid aside His privileges) emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, {and} being made in the likeness of men.

Phil 2:8

& Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

Phil 2:9

& For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name,

Phil 2:10

& so that at the name of Jesus EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

Phil 2:11

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

Phil 2:12

& So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your salvation with fear and trembling;

Phil 2:13

& for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for {His} good pleasure.

Phil 2:14

& Do all things without grumbling or disputing;

Phil 2:15

& so that you will prove yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you appear as lights in the world,

Phil 2:16

& holding fast the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I will have reason to glory because I did not run in vain nor toil in vain.

Phil 2:17

& But even if I am being poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and share my joy with you all.

Phil 2:18

& You too, {I urge you,} rejoice in the same way and share your joy with me.

Phil 2:19

& But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you shortly, so that I also may be encouraged when I learn of your condition.

Phil 2:20

& For I have no one {else} of kindred spirit who will genuinely be concerned for your welfare.

Phil 2:21

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

Phil 2:22

& But you know of his proven worth, that he served with me in the furtherance of the gospel like a child {serving} his father.

Phil 2:23

& Therefore I hope to send him immediately, as soon as I see how things {go} with me;

Phil 2:24

& and I trust in the Lord that I myself also will be coming shortly.

Phil 2:25

& But I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger and minister to my need;

Phil 2:26

& because he was longing (One early ms reads {to see you all}) for you all and was distressed because you had heard that he was sick.

Phil 2:27

& For indeed he was sick to the point of death, but God had mercy on him, and not on him only but also on me, so that I would not have sorrow upon sorrow.

Phil 2:28

& Therefore I have sent him all the more eagerly so that when you see him again you may rejoice and I may be less concerned {about you.}

Phil 2:29

& Receive him then in the Lord with all joy, and hold men like him in high regard;