Philippians 2 — BSB

One in Christ

2Therefore if you have any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,^{Verse 2}then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being united in spirit and purpose.

^{Verse 3}Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.^{Verse 4}Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.

The Mind of Christ

^{Verse 5}Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus:

^{Verse 6}Who, existing in the form of God,did not consider equality with God
something to be grasped,⁺^{Verse 7}but emptied Himself,taking the form of a servant,
being made in human likeness.^{Verse 8}And being found in appearance as a man,He humbled Himselfand became obedient to death—even death on a cross.

^{Verse 9}Therefore God exalted Him to the highest placeand gave Him the name above all names,^{Verse 10}that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,in heaven and on earth and under the earth,^{Verse 11}and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,to the glory of God the Father.

Lights in the World

^{Verse 12}Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.^{Verse 13}For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.

^{Verse 14}Do everything without complaining or arguing,^{Verse 15}so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation,⁺in which you shine as lights in the world^{Verse 16}as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.

^{Verse 17}But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.^{Verse 18}So you too should be glad and rejoice with me.

Timothy and Epaphroditus

^{Verse 19}Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered when I learn how you are doing.^{Verse 20}I have nobody else like him who will genuinely care for your needs.^{Verse 21}For all the others look after their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.^{Verse 22}But you know Timothy’s proven worth, that as a child with his father he has served with me to advance the gospel.^{Verse 23}So I hope to send him as soon as I see what happens with me.^{Verse 24}And I trust in the Lord that I myself will come soon.

^{Verse 25}But I thought it necessary to send back to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger and minister to my needs.^{Verse 26}For he has been longing for all of you and is distressed because you heard he was ill.^{Verse 27}He was sick indeed, nearly unto death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, to spare me sorrow upon sorrow.

^{Verse 28}Therefore I am all the more eager to send him, so that when you see him again you may rejoice, and I may be less anxious.^{Verse 29}Welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honor men like him,^{Verse 30}because he nearly died for the work of Christ, risking his life to make up for your deficit of service to me.

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