Philippians 2 | Strong's Bible

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CHAPTER 2

Therefore

if you have

any

encouragement

in

Christ,

if

any

comfort

from His love,

if

any

fellowship

with the Spirit,

if

any

affection

and

compassion,

then make my

joy

complete

by being of one mind,

having

the

same

love,

being united in spirit and

purpose.

Do nothing

out of

selfish ambition

or

empty pride,

but

in humility

consider

others

more important than

yourselves.

Each of you

should look

not only to

your own

interests,

but

also

to the interests

of others.

Let this mind be

in

you

which

was also

in

Christ

Jesus:

Who,

existing

in

the form

of God,

did not

consider

equality

with God

something to be grasped,

but

emptied

Himself,

taking

the form

of a servant,

being made

in

human likeness.

And

being found

in appearance

as

a man,

He humbled

Himself

and became

obedient

to

death—

even

death

on a cross.

Therefore

God

exalted

Him to the highest place

and

gave

Him

the

name

above

all

names,

that

at

the

name

of Jesus

every

knee

should bow,

in heaven

and

on earth

and

under the earth,

and

every

tongue

confess

that

Jesus

Christ

is Lord,

to

the glory

of God

the Father.

Therefore,

my

beloved,

just as

you have always obeyed,

not

only

in

my

presence,

but

now

even

more

in

my

absence,

continue to work out

your

salvation

with

fear

and

trembling.

For

it is

God

who

works

in

you

to will

and

to act

on behalf of

His

good pleasure.

Do

everything

without

complaining

or

arguing,

so that

you may be

blameless

and

pure,

children

of God

without fault

in

a crooked

and

perverse

generation,

in

which

you shine

as

lights

in

the world

as you hold forth

the word

of life,

in order that

I

may boast

on

the day

of Christ

that

I did not run

or

labor

in

vain.

But

even

if

I am being poured out like a drink offer

on

the

sacrifice

and

service

of

your

faith,

I am glad

and

rejoice with

all

of you.

So

you

too

should be glad

and

rejoice with

me.

Now

I hope

in

the Lord

Jesus

to send

Timothy

to you

soon,

that

I also

may be cheered

when I learn

how

you are doing.

I have

nobody else

like him

who

will genuinely

care for

your

needs.

For

all

the others

look after

their own

interests,

not

those

of Jesus

Christ.

But

you know

Timothy’s

proven worth,

that

as

a child

with his father

he has served

with

me

to advance

the

gospel.

So

I hope

to send

him

as soon as

I see

what happens

with

me.

And

I trust

in

the Lord

that

I myself

will come

soon.

But

I thought it

necessary

to send back

to

you

Epaphroditus,

my

brother,

fellow worker,

and

fellow soldier,

who is also

your

messenger

and

minister

to my

needs.

For

he has been

longing for

all

of you

and

is distressed

because

you heard

he was ill.

He was sick

indeed,

nearly

unto death.

But

God

had mercy on

him,

and

not

only

on him

but

also

on me,

to

spare me

sorrow

upon

sorrow.

Therefore

I am all the more eager

to send

him,

so that

when you see

him

again

you may rejoice,

and I

may be

less anxious.

Welcome

him

in

the Lord

with

great

joy,

and

honor

men like him,

because

he nearly

died

for

the

work

of Christ,

risking

his

life

to make up for

your

deficit

of

service

to

me.

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