¹So then, as Christians, do you have any encouragement? Do you have any comfort from love? Do you have any spiritual relationships? Do you have any sympathy and compassion? ²Then fill me with joy by having the same attitude and the same love, living in harmony, and keeping one purpose in mind. ³Don’t act out of selfish ambition or be conceited. Instead, humbly think of others as being better than yourselves. ⁴Don’t be concerned only about your own interests, but also be concerned about the interests of others. ⁵Have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.

⁶Although he was in the form of God and equal with God,

he did not take advantage of this equality.

⁷Instead, he emptied himself by taking on the form of a servant,

by becoming like other humans,

by having a human appearance.

⁸He humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death,

death on a cross.

⁹This is why God has given him an exceptional honor—

the name honored above all other names—

¹⁰so that at the name of Jesus everyone in heaven, on earth,

and in the world below will kneel

¹¹and confess that Jesus Christ is Lord

to the glory of God the Father.

¹²My dear friends, you have always obeyed, not only when I was with you but even more now that I’m absent. In the same way continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling. ¹³It is God who produces in you the desires and actions that please him.

¹⁴Do everything without complaining or arguing. ¹⁵Then you will be blameless and innocent. You will be God’s children without any faults among people who are crooked and corrupt. You will shine like stars among them in the world ¹⁶as you hold firmly to the word of life. Then I can brag on the day of Christ that my effort was not wasted and that my work produced results. ¹⁷My life is being poured out as a part of the sacrifice and service ⸤I offer to God⸥ for your faith. Yet, I am filled with joy, and I share that joy with all of you. ¹⁸For this same reason you also should be filled with joy and share that joy with me.

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Philippians 2:12: Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling …