Philippians 2

If there be therefore any ^aconsolation in Christ, if any ^bcomfort of love, if ^cany fellowship ^dof the Spirit, if any ^ebowels and mercies, ^2ffulfil ye my joy, that ^gye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. ³Let nothing be done through ^hstrife or ⁱvainglory; but in ^jlowliness of mind let ^keach esteem other better than themselves. ⁴Look not every man on his own things, but ^levery man also on the things of others. ^5mLet this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: ⁶Who, ⁿbeing in the ^oform of God, thought it not ^probbery to be ^qequal with God: ⁷but ^rmade himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of ^sa servant, and ^twas made in the likeness of men: ⁸and being found in ^ufashion as a man, ^rhe humbled himself, and ^wbecame obedient unto death, even ^xthe death of the cross. ^9yWherefore ^zGod also hath ^ahighly exalted him, and given him ^ba name which is above every name: ¹⁰that at the name of Jesus ^cevery knee should bow, of ^dethings in heaven, and ^dethings in earth, and ^dfthings under the earth; ¹¹and ^ffthat every tongue should confess that Jesus ^gChrist is ^hLord, to the glory of God the Father. ¹²Wherefore, my beloved, ⁱas ye have always ^kobeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, ^lwork out your own salvation with ^mfear and trembling. ¹³For ⁿit is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his ^ogood pleasure. ¹⁴Do all things without ^pmurmurings and ^qdisputings: ¹⁵that ye may be ^rblameless and harmless, ^sthe sons of God ^twithout rebuke, ^uin the midst of a ^vcrooked and ^wperverse nation, among whom ye shine ^xas lights in the world; ¹⁶holding forth ^ythe word of life; that ^zI may rejoice in the day of Christ, that ^aI have not run in vain, neither ^aalaboured in vain. ¹⁷Yea, and if I be ^boffered upon the sacrifice and ^cservice of your faith, ^dI 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 ^eTimotheus shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state. ²⁰For I have no man ^flikeminded, who will ^gnaturally care for your state. ²¹For ^hall ⁱseek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s. ²²But ye know ^kthe proof of him, that, ^las 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 ^mI trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly. ²⁵Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you ⁿEpaphroditus, my brother, and ^opcompanion in labour, and ^qfellowsoldier, but your ^pmessenger, and ^rhe that ministered to my wants. ²⁶For he ^slonged after you all, and was ^tfull 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 ^uthe more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful. ^29wReceive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and ^xhold such ^yin reputation: ³⁰because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, ^zto supply your lack of service toward me.

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