1If there
be therefore
any
consolation
in Christ,
if any
comfort of
love, if any
fellowship
of the
Spirit, if
any bowels
and mercies,
2Fulfil
ye my joy,
that ye be
likeminded,
having the
same love, being of
one accord,
of one mind.
3Let nothing be
done through
strife or
vainglory;
but in
lowliness of
mind let
each esteem
other better
than
themselves.
4Look
not every
man on his
own things,
but every
man also on
the things
of others.
5Let
this mind be
in you,
which was
also in
Christ
Jesus:
6Who,
being in the
form of God,
thought it
not robbery
to be equal
with God:
7But
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 fashion
as a man, he
humbled
himself, and
became
obedient
unto death,
even the
death of the
cross.
9Wherefore
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 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.
12Wherefore,
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
which
worketh in
you both to
will and to
do of his good
pleasure.
14Do
all things
without
murmurings
and
disputings:
15That
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
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.
17Yea,
and if I be
offered upon
the
sacrifice
and service
of your
faith, I
joy, and
rejoice with
you all.
18For
the same
cause also
do ye joy,
and rejoice
with me.
19But
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
man
likeminded,
who will
naturally
care for
your state.
21For
all seek
their own,
not the
things which
are Jesus
Christ's.
22But
ye know the
proof of
him, that,
as a son
with the
father, he
hath served
with me in
the gospel.
23Him
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 also
myself shall
come
shortly.
25Yet
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.
26For
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
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
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
gladness;
and hold
such in
reputation:
30Because
for the work
of Christ he
was nigh
unto death,
not
regarding
his life, to
supply your
lack of
service
toward me.