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Philippians

1 If there be there­fore any con­so­la­tion in Christ, if any com­fort of love, if any fel­low­ship of the Spir­it, if any bow­els and mer­cies, 2 Ful­fil ye my joy, that ye be like­mind­ed, hav­ing the same love, being of one ac­cord, of one mind. 3 Let noth­ing be done through strife or vain­glo­ry; but in low­li­ness of mind let each es­teem oth­er bet­ter than them­selves. 4 Look not ev­ery man on his own things, but ev­ery man also on the things of oth­ers. 5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Je­sus: 6 Who, be­ing in the form of God, thought it not rob­bery to be equal with God: 7 But made him­self of no rep­u­ta­tion, and took upon him the form of a ser­vant, and was made in the like­ness of men: 8 And be­ing found in fash­ion as a man, he hum­bled him­self, and be­came obe­di­ent unto death, even the death of the cross. 9 Where­fore God also hath high­ly ex­alt­ed him, and giv­en him a name which is above ev­ery name: 10 That at the name of Je­sus ev­ery knee should bow, of things in heav­en, and things in earth, and things un­der the earth; 11 And that ev­ery tongue should con­fess that Je­sus Christ is Lord, to the glo­ry of God the Fa­ther. 12 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. 13 For it is God which wor­keth in you both to will and to do of his good plea­sure. 14 Do all things with­out mur­mur­ings and dis­put­ings: 15 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; 16 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. 17 Yea, and if I be of­fered upon the sac­ri­fice and ser­vice of your faith, I joy, and re­joice with you all. 18 For the same cause also do ye joy, and re­joice with me. 19 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. 20 For I have no man like­mind­ed, who will nat­u­ral­ly care for your state. 21 For all seek their own, not the things which are Je­sus Christ's. 22 But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the fa­ther, he hath served with me in the gospel. 23 Him there­fore I hope to send present­ly, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me. 24 But I trust in the Lord that I also my­self shall come short­ly. 25 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. 26 For he longed af­ter you all, and was full of heav­i­ness, be­cause that ye had heard that he had been sick. 27 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. 28 I sent him there­fore the more care­ful­ly, that, when ye see him again, ye may re­joice, and that I may be the less sor­row­ful. 29 Re­ceive him there­fore in the Lord with all glad­ness; and hold such in rep­u­ta­tion: 30 Be­cause for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not re­gard­ing his life, to sup­ply your lack of ser­vice to­ward me.