Paul's LettersNew Testament
Chapter 2· Book XI of 27
1Verse 1. Open verse actions.If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion, 2Verse 2. Open verse actions.make my joy full, by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind; 3Verse 3. Open verse actions.doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself; 4Verse 4. Open verse actions.each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others. 5Verse 5. Open verse actions.Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus, 6Verse 6. Open verse actions.who, existing in the form of God, didn’t consider equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7Verse 7. Open verse actions.but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men. 8Verse 8. Open verse actions.And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross. 9Verse 9. Open verse actions.Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name; 10Verse 10. Open verse actions.that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth, 11Verse 11. Open verse actions.and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. 12Verse 12. Open verse actions.So 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. 13Verse 13. Open verse actions.For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure. 14Verse 14. Open verse actions.Do all things without murmurings and disputes, 15Verse 15. Open verse actions.that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the middle of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world, 16Verse 16. Open verse actions.holding 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. 17Verse 17. Open verse actions.Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all. 18Verse 18. Open verse actions.In the same way, you also rejoice, and rejoice with me. 19Verse 19. Open verse actions.But 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. 20Verse 20. Open verse actions.For I have no one else like-minded, who will truly care about you. 21Verse 21. Open verse actions.For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ. 22Verse 22. Open verse actions.But you know the proof of him, that, as a child serves a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the Good News. 23Verse 23. Open verse actions.Therefore I hope to send him at once, as soon as I see how it will go with me. 24Verse 24. Open verse actions.But I trust in the Lord that I myself also will come shortly. 25Verse 25. Open verse actions.But I counted it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, fellow soldier, and your apostle and servant of my need; 26Verse 26. Open verse actions.since he longed for you all, and was very troubled, because you had heard that he was sick. 27Verse 27. Open verse actions.For 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. 28Verse 28. Open verse actions.I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that, when you see him again, you may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful. 29Verse 29. Open verse actions.Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and hold such in honor, 30Verse 30. Open verse actions.because for the work of Christ he came near to death, risking his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.