Philippians 2

¹If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

²Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

³Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

⁴Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

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

⁶Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

⁷But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

⁸And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

⁹Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:

¹⁰That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;

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

¹²Wherefore, my beloved, 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.

¹³For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

¹⁴Do all things without murmurings and disputings:

¹⁵That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

¹⁶Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

¹⁷Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.

¹⁸For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me.

¹⁹But 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.

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

²¹For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s.

²²But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.

²³Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me.

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

²⁵Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants.

²⁶For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.

²⁷For 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.

²⁸I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.

²⁹Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation:

³⁰Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.

Philippians 2

¹If, then, any exhortation is in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

²fulfil ye my joy, that ye may mind the same thinghaving the same loveof one soulminding the one thing,

³nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves

⁴each not to your own look ye, but each also to the things of others.

⁵For, let this mind be in you that is also in Christ Jesus,

⁶who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal to God,

⁷but did empty himself, the form of a servant having taken, in the likeness of men having been made,

⁸and in fashion having been found as a man, he humbled himself, having become obedient unto deathdeath even of a cross,

⁹wherefore, also, God did highly exalt him, and gave to him a name that is above every name,

¹⁰that in the name of Jesus every knee may bowof heavenlies, and earthlies, and what are under the earth

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

¹²So that, my beloved, as ye always obey, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, with fear and trembling your own salvation work out,

¹³for God it is who is working in you both to will and to work for His good pleasure.

¹⁴All things do without murmurings and reasonings,

¹⁵that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God, unblemished in the midst of a generation crooked and perverse, among whom ye do appear as luminaries in the world,

¹⁶the word of life holding forth, for rejoicing to me in regard to a day of Christ, that not in vain did I run, nor in vain did I labour;

¹⁷but if also I am poured forth upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and joy with you all,

¹⁸because of this do ye also rejoice and joy with me.

¹⁹And I hope, in the Lord Jesus, Timotheus to send quickly to you, that I also may be of good spirit, having known the things concerning you,

²⁰for I have no one like-minded, who sincerely for the things concerning you will care,

²¹for the whole seek their own things, not the things of the Christ Jesus,

²²and the proof of him ye know, that as a child serveth a father, with me he did serve in regard to the good news;

²³him, indeed, therefore, I hope to send, when I may see through the things concerning meimmediately;

²⁴and I trust in the Lord that I myself also shall quickly come.

²⁵And I thought it necessary Epaphroditusmy brother, and fellow-workman, and fellow-soldier, and your apostle and servant to my needto send unto you,

²⁶seeing he was longing after you all, and in heaviness, because ye heard that he ailed,

²⁷for he also ailed nigh to death, but God did deal kindly with him, and not with him only, but also with me, that sorrow upon sorrow I might not have.

²⁸The more eagerly, therefore, I did send him, that having seen him again ye may rejoice, and I may be the less sorrowful;

²⁹receive him, therefore, in the Lord, with all joy, and hold such in honour,

³⁰because on account of the work of the Christ he drew near to death, having hazarded the life that he might fill up your deficiency of service unto me.