New Testament · Letters

Philippians chapter 2

So if being gives you any encouragement, if his love brings you any comfort, if you share anything together through , if you have any tenderness or at all,then make my joy complete by being , sharing the same love, being and purpose.Don’t do anything out of or empty pride. Instead, with , consider others as more important than yourselves.Don’t just your own interests — look out for the interests of others too.Have the same among yourselves that was also in :He existed in the very , but didn’t consider something to .Instead, he by taking on the form of a , .And once he appeared as a man, he even further by becoming all the way to death — even death on an .Because of this, God and gave him ,so that at the name of Jesus — —and every tongue will that Jesus the One is — to the of God the Father.So then, my dear friends, just as you’ve always been — not only when I was there with you, but even more now while I’m away — keep with .because it’s God who is — giving you both the and the power to do what pleases him.Do everything without or ,so that you’ll be and — children of God without any flaw in the middle of a twisted and corrupt generation, shining among them like ,holding out . Then on , I’ll be able to that I didn’t run or work for nothing.But even if my life is on top of the that comes from your faith, I’m glad — and I share my joy with all of you.And you should be glad about this too — share your joy with me!I’m hoping, , to send Timothy to you soon so that I’ll be encouraged when I hear how you’re doing.I don’t have anyone else like him who will about how you’re doing.Everyone else is , not the interests of the One Jesus.But you know Timothy’s — how he served with me in spreading .So I’m hoping to send him as soon as I see how things go with me.And I’m that I myself will also come to you soon.But I thought it was necessary to send Epaphroditus back to you — my , who is also your and the one you sent to take care of my needs.He’s been for all of you and has been because you heard he was sick.And he really was sick — close to death. But God on him, and not just on him but on me too, so I wouldn’t have one .So I’m sending him all the more , so that when you see him again you’ll be glad, and I’ll have less to worry about.Welcome him home with all your joy, and people like him,because he came close to death for , to for me yourselves.