Be Like Christ
2 Therefore if there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any consolation of love, if there is any (A)fellowship of the Spirit, if any (B)affection and compassion, 2 (C)make my joy complete by (D)being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose. 3 Do nothing from (E)selfishness or (F)empty conceit, but with humility of mind (G)regard one another as more important than yourselves; 4 (H)do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others. 5 (I)Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in (J)Christ Jesus, 6 who, although He (K)existed in the (L)form of God, (M)did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but (N)emptied Himself, taking the form of a (O)bond-servant, and (P)being made in the likeness of men. 8 Being found in appearance as a man, (Q)He humbled Himself by becoming (R)obedient to the point of death, even (S)death on a cross. 9 (T)For this reason also, God (U)highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him (V)the name which is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus (W)every knee will bow, of (X)those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is (Y)Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
12 So then, my beloved, (Z)just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your (AA)salvation with (AB)fear and trembling; 13 for it is (AC)God who is at work in you, both to will and to work (AD)for His good pleasure.
14 Do all things without (AE)grumbling or disputing; 15 so that you will prove yourselves to be (AF)blameless and innocent, (AG)children of God above reproach in the midst of a (AH)crooked and perverse generation, among whom you (AI)appear as lights in the world, 16 holding fast the word of life, so that in (AJ)the day of Christ I will have reason to glory because I did not (AK)run in vain nor (AL)toil in vain. 17 But even if I am being (AM)poured out as a drink offering upon (AN)the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and share my joy with you all. 18 You too, I urge you, rejoice in the same way and share your joy with me.
Timothy and Epaphroditus
19 But I hope in the Lord Jesus to (AO)send (AP)Timothy to you shortly, so that I also may be encouraged when I learn of your condition. 20 For I have no one else (AQ)of kindred spirit who will genuinely be concerned for your welfare. 21 For they all (AR)seek after their own interests, not those of Christ Jesus. 22 But you know (AS)of his proven worth, that (AT)he served with me in the furtherance of the gospel (AU)like a child serving his father. 23 (AV)Therefore I hope to send him immediately, as soon as I see how things go with me; 24 and (AW)I trust in the Lord that I myself also will be coming shortly. 25 But I thought it necessary to send to you (AX)Epaphroditus, my brother and (AY)fellow worker and (AZ)fellow soldier, who is also your (BA)messenger and (BB)minister to my need; 26 because he was longing for you all and was distressed because you had heard that he was sick. 27 For indeed he was sick to the point of death, but God had mercy on him, and not on him only but also on me, so that I would not have sorrow upon sorrow. 28 Therefore I have sent him all the more eagerly so that when you see him again you may rejoice and I may be less concerned about you. 29 (BC)Receive him then in the Lord with all joy, and (BD)hold men like him in high regard; 30 because he came close to death (BE)for the work of Christ, risking his life to (BF)complete what was deficient in your service to me.
Footnotes
- Philippians 2:1
- Philippians 2:2
- Philippians 2:3
- Philippians 2:3
- Philippians 2:5
- Philippians 2:6
- Philippians 2:7
- Philippians 2:8
- Philippians 2:15
- Philippians 2:15
- Philippians 2:15
- Philippians 2:16
- Philippians 2:19
- Philippians 2:25
- Philippians 2:26
- Philippians 2:30
- Philippians 2:30
Cross references
- Philippians 2:1 : 2 Cor 13:14
- Philippians 2:1 : Col 3:12
- Philippians 2:2 : John 3:29
- Philippians 2:2 : Rom 12:16; Phil 4:2
- Philippians 2:3 : Rom 2:8; Phil 1:17
- Philippians 2:3 : Gal 5:26
- Philippians 2:3 : Rom 12:10; Eph 5:21
- Philippians 2:4 : Rom 15:1f
- Philippians 2:5 : Matt 11:29; Rom 15:3
- Philippians 2:5 : Phil 1:1
- Philippians 2:6 : John 1:1
- Philippians 2:6 : 2 Cor 4:4
- Philippians 2:6 : John 5:18; 10:33; 14:28
- Philippians 2:7 : 2 Cor 8:9
- Philippians 2:7 : Matt 20:28
- Philippians 2:7 : John 1:14; Rom 8:3; Gal 4:4; Heb 2:17
- Philippians 2:8 : 2 Cor 8:9
- Philippians 2:8 : Matt 26:39; John 10:18; Rom 5:19; Heb 5:8
- Philippians 2:8 : Heb 12:2
- Philippians 2:9 : Heb 1:9
- Philippians 2:9 : Matt 28:18; Acts 2:33; Heb 2:9
- Philippians 2:9 : Eph 1:21
- Philippians 2:10 : Is 45:23; Rom 14:11
- Philippians 2:10 : Eph 1:10
- Philippians 2:11 : John 13:13; Rom 10:9; 14:9
- Philippians 2:12 : Phil 1:5, 6; 4:15
- Philippians 2:12 : Heb 5:9
- Philippians 2:12 : 2 Cor 7:15
- Philippians 2:13 : Rom 12:3; 1 Cor 12:6; 15:10; Heb 13:21
- Philippians 2:13 : Eph 1:5
- Philippians 2:14 : 1 Cor 10:10; 1 Pet 4:9
- Philippians 2:15 : Luke 1:6; Phil 3:6
- Philippians 2:15 : Matt 5:45; Eph 5:1
- Philippians 2:15 : Deut 32:5; Acts 2:40
- Philippians 2:15 : Matt 5:14-16
- Philippians 2:16 : Phil 1:6
- Philippians 2:16 : Gal 2:2
- Philippians 2:16 : Is 49:4; Gal 4:11; 1 Thess 3:5
- Philippians 2:17 : 2 Cor 12:15; 2 Tim 4:6
- Philippians 2:17 : Num 28:6, 7; Rom 15:16
- Philippians 2:19 : Phil 2:23
- Philippians 2:19 : Phil 1:1
- Philippians 2:20 : 1 Cor 16:10; 2 Tim 3:10
- Philippians 2:21 : 1 Cor 10:24; 13:5; Phil 2:4
- Philippians 2:22 : Rom 5:4; Acts 16:2
- Philippians 2:22 : Acts 16:3; 1 Cor 16:10; 2 Tim 3:10
- Philippians 2:22 : 1 Cor 4:17
- Philippians 2:23 : Phil 2:19
- Philippians 2:24 : Phil 1:25
- Philippians 2:25 : Phil 4:18
- Philippians 2:25 : Rom 16:3, 9, 21; Phil 4:3; Philem 1, 24
- Philippians 2:25 : Philem 2
- Philippians 2:25 : John 13:16; 2 Cor 8:23
- Philippians 2:25 : Phil 4:18
- Philippians 2:29 : Rom 16:2
- Philippians 2:29 : 1 Cor 16:18
- Philippians 2:30 : Acts 20:24
- Philippians 2:30 : 1 Cor 16:17; Phil 4:10
