1If then there is any exhortation in Christ, if any encouragement from love, if any partaking of the Spirit, if any tenderness 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, that ye be of the same mind, having the same love, with union of soul cherishing 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 in the spirit of faction, or in the spirit of vain-glory, but in humility esteeming others as better than yourselves;

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

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

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

5Yea, let this mind be in you which was 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, being in the form of God, did not regard it as a thing to be grasped at to be on an equality with God,

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

7but made himself of no consideration, taking the form of a servant, and becoming like men;

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

8and in what appertained to him appearing as a man, he humbled himself, and was obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

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

9Wherefore God also highly exalted him, and gave him a 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 in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those who are in heaven, and 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, as ye always obeyed, not as in my presence only, 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 worketh 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 doubts;

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

15that ye may be blameless and pure, children of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation; among whom ye shine as luminaries in the world,

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

16holding forth the word of life, that I may have whereof to boast against the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain, or 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

17But if I am even poured out on the sacrifice and ministration 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

18For the same reason, do ye 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 when I know your state.

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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 like-minded, who will have a true concern for your state;

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

21for all of them are seeking their own things, not those of Christ Jesus.

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

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

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

23Him therefore I hope to send forthwith, 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 also myself shall come soon.

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

25Yet I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labor, and fellow-soldier, but your messenger, and minister to my wants;

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

26for he was longing after you all, and was much troubled, because ye 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 near to death; but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

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

28I send him therefore the more speedily, that when ye see him ye may again 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 gladness, 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 he was near to death on account of the work, hazarding his life to supply what was wanting on your part in the ministration to me.

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