Philippians 2 — Greek text and reception

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

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complete my joy by thinking the same thing, having the same love, united in soul, thinking the one thing,

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doing nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility considering one another above yourselves,

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each looking not to your own interests, but each also to those of others.

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Have this mind among yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus,

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who, existing in the form of God, did not regard being equal with God as something to exploit,

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but emptied Himself, taking the form of a slave, coming to be in the likeness of human beings; and being found in appearance as a human being,

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He humbled Himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

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Therefore God also highly exalted Him and graciously gave Him the name above every name,

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

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

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

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for God is the One working in you both to will and to work for His good pleasure.

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Do all things without grumbling and disputing,

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so that you may become blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,

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holding fast the word of life, so that I may boast in the day of Christ that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.

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But even if I am being poured out upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and rejoice together with all of you.

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And in the same way you too rejoice and rejoice together with me.

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Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be encouraged when I know about your circumstances.

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For I have no one of like soul who will sincerely care about your circumstances,

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for all seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.

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But you know his proven character, that as a child with a father he served with me for the gospel.

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So I hope to send him immediately, as soon as I see how things stand with me.

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And I am confident in the Lord that I myself also will come soon.

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But I considered it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, and your messenger and minister to my need,

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since he was longing for you all and was distressed because you had heard that he was sick.

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Indeed, he was sick, near death; but God had mercy on him, and not on him alone but also on me, so that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.

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Therefore I sent him all the more eagerly, so that seeing him again you might rejoice and I might be less sorrowful.

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So welcome him in the Lord with all joy, and hold such people in honor,

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because he came near to death for the work of Christ, risking his life to make up what was lacking in your service to me.