Philippians 2

¹If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion,If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

²make my joy full, by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

³doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

⁴each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

⁵Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

⁶who, existing in the form of God, didn’t consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

⁷but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men.But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

⁸And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross.And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

⁹Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name;Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:

¹⁰that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth,That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;

¹¹and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

¹²So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

¹³For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

¹⁴Do all things without murmurings and disputes,Do all things without murmurings and disputings:

¹⁵that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

¹⁶holding up the word of life; that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn’t run in vain nor labor in vain.Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

¹⁷Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all.Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.

¹⁸In the same way, you also rejoice, and rejoice with me.For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me.

¹⁹But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered up when I know how you are doing.But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state.

²⁰For I have no one else like-minded, who will truly care about you.For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state.

²¹For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s.

²²But you know the proof of him, that, as a child serves a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the Good News.But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.

²³Therefore I hope to send him at once, as soon as I see how it will go with me.Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me.

²⁴But I trust in the Lord that I myself also will come shortly.But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly.

²⁵But I counted it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, fellow soldier, and your apostle and servant of my need;Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants.

²⁶since he longed for you all, and was very troubled, because you had heard that he was sick.For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.

²⁷For indeed he was sick, nearly to death, but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow on sorrow.For 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 have sent him therefore the more diligently, that, when you see him again, you may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.

²⁹Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and hold such in honor,Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation:

³⁰because for the work of Christ he came near to death, risking his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.