Philippians, Chapter 2
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If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassions,
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make my joy full, that you⁺ are of the same mind, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;
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[doing] nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting one another better than himself;
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each of you⁺ not looking to his own things, but each of you⁺ also to the things of others.
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Have this mind in you⁺, which was also in Christ Jesus:
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who, existing in the form of God, did not consider making full use of his equality with God,
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but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being made in the likeness of men;
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and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, becoming obedient [even] to death, yes, the death of the cross.
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Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name;
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that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of [those] in heaven and [those] on earth and [those] under the earth,
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and that every tongue should confess, The Lord Jesus Christ, to the glory of God the Father.
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So then, my beloved, even as you⁺ 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;
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for it is God who works in you⁺ both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.
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Do all things without murmurings and questionings;
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that you⁺ may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the middle of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you⁺ are seen as lights in the world,
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holding forth the word of life; that I may have something of which to glory in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain neither labor in vain.
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Yes, and if I am offered on the sacrifice and ministry of your⁺ faith, I joy, and rejoice with all of you⁺:
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and in the same manner do you⁺ also joy, and rejoice with me.
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But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy shortly to you⁺, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your⁺ state.
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For I have no man likeminded, who will care truly for your⁺ state.
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For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.
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But you⁺ know the proof of him, that, as a child [to] a father, he served as a slave with me in furtherance of the good news.
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Therefore I hope to send him forthwith, as soon as I will see how it will go with me:
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but I trust in the Lord that I myself also will come shortly.
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But I counted it necessary to send to you⁺ Epaphroditus, my brother and coworker and fellow-soldier, and your⁺ messenger and minister to my need;
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since he longed after all of you⁺, and was very troubled, because you⁺ had heard that he was sick:
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for indeed he was sick near 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.
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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.
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Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy; and hold such in honor:
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because for the work of Christ he came near to death, hazarding his soul to supply that which was lacking in your⁺ ministry toward me.
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