1If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion,

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Colossians 3:12, Colossians 3:12, 1 John 4:12, 1 John 4:12, 2 Corinthians 13:14

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

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Romans 12:16, Romans 12:16, 1 Peter 3:8, 1 Peter 3:9, 1 Peter 3:8

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

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Romans 12:10, Romans 12:10, Galatians 5:26, Galatians 5:26, Ephesians 5:21

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

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1 Corinthians 10:24, 1 Corinthians 10:24, Romans 15:1, Romans 15:1, James 2:8

5Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,

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1 John 2:6, 1 John 2:6, Matthew 11:29, Matthew 11:29, 1 Peter 2:21

6who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,

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John 5:18, John 5:18, 2 Corinthians 4:4, 2 Corinthians 4:4, Hebrews 1:3

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

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2 Corinthians 8:9, 2 Corinthians 8:9, Matthew 20:28, Matthew 20:28, John 1:14

8And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross.

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John 10:18, John 10:18, Hebrews 12:2, Hebrews 12:2, Romans 5:19

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

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Revelation 19:16, Revelation 19:16, Matthew 28:18, Matthew 28:18, 1 Peter 3:22

10that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth,

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Isaiah 45:23, Isaiah 45:25, Isaiah 45:23, Isaiah 45:25, Matthew 28:18

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

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1 John 4:15, 1 John 4:15, Romans 14:11, Romans 14:11, John 13:13

12So 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.

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2 Peter 1:5, 2 Peter 1:10, 2 Peter 1:5, 2 Peter 1:10, Luke 13:23

13For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.

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Hebrews 13:21, Hebrews 13:21, 2 Corinthians 3:5, 2 Corinthians 3:5, 2 Timothy 1:9

14Do all things without murmurings and disputes,

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1 Peter 4:9, 1 Peter 4:9, 1 Corinthians 10:10, 1 Corinthians 10:10, Ephesians 4:31

15that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,

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Matthew 5:14, Matthew 5:16, Matthew 5:14, Matthew 5:16, 1 Peter 2:12

16holding up the word of life; that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.

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1 Corinthians 9:26, 1 Corinthians 9:26, Galatians 2:2, Galatians 2:2, 1 John 1:1

17Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all.

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2 Timothy 4:6, 2 Timothy 4:6, Romans 15:16, Romans 15:16, Hebrews 13:15

18In the same way, you also rejoice, and rejoice with me.

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James 1:2, James 1:4, James 1:2, James 1:4, Philippians 4:4

19But 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.

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1 Corinthians 4:17, 1 Corinthians 4:17, 1 Thessalonians 3:6, 1 Thessalonians 3:8, 1 Thessalonians 3:2

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

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Philippians 2:2, Philippians 2:2, Philippians 2:22, 1 Corinthians 16:10, Philippians 2:22

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

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1 Corinthians 10:24, 1 Corinthians 10:24, Matthew 16:24, Matthew 16:24, Philippians 2:4

22But you know the proof of him, that, as a child serves a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the Good News.

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1 Corinthians 4:17, 1 Corinthians 4:17, 2 Corinthians 2:9, 1 Timothy 1:2, 2 Timothy 1:2

23Therefore I hope to send him at once, as soon as I see how it will go with me.

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1 Samuel 22:3, Philippians 2:19, 1 Samuel 22:3, Philippians 2:19

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

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Philemon 1:22, 3 John 1:14, Philemon 1:22, 3 John 1:14, Philippians 1:25

25But I counted it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, fellow soldier, and your apostle and servant of my need;

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Philippians 4:18, Philippians 4:18, Philemon 1:1, Philemon 1:2, Philemon 1:1

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

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Philippians 1:8, Proverbs 12:25, Ephesians 3:13, Isaiah 61:3, Romans 12:15

27For 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.

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Psalms 34:19, Psalms 34:19, Philippians 2:30, Philippians 2:30, Acts 9:37

28I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that, when you see him again, you may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.

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John 16:22, John 16:22, 2 Timothy 1:4, 2 Timothy 1:4, Philippians 2:26

29Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and hold such in honor,

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1 Corinthians 16:18, 1 Thessalonians 5:12, 1 Timothy 5:17, 1 Corinthians 16:18, 1 Thessalonians 5:12

30because for the work of Christ he came near to death, risking his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.

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1 Corinthians 16:17, 1 Corinthians 16:17, Philippians 4:10, Acts 20:24, Philippians 4:10