Philippians 2:1–11

Be Like Christ

¹Therefore if there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any consolation of love, if there is any ^afellowship of the Spirit, if any ^1baffection and compassion,

^2amake my joy complete ¹by ^bbeing of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose.

³Do nothing ¹from ^2aselfishness or ^bempty conceit, but with humility of mind ^cregard one another as more important than yourselves;

^4ado not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.

^5aHave this attitude ¹in yourselves which was also in ^bChrist Jesus,

⁶who, although He ^aexisted in the ^bform of God, ^cdid not regard equality with God a thing to be ¹grasped,

⁷but ^1aemptied Himself, taking the form of a ^bbond-servant, and ^cbeing made in the likeness of men.

⁸Being found in appearance as a man, ^aHe humbled Himself by becoming ^bobedient to the point of death, even ^cdeath ¹on a cross.

^9aFor this reason also, God ^bhighly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him ^cthe name which is above every name,

¹⁰so that at the name of Jesus ^aevery knee will bow, of ^bthose who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

¹¹and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is ^aLord, to the glory of God the Father.