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Philippians 2

Be Like Christ

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Therefore if there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any consolation of love, if there is any  afellowship of the Spirit, if any  1 baffection and compassion,

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 amake my joy complete  1by  bbeing of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose.

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Do nothing  1from  2 aselfishness or  bempty conceit, but with humility of mind  cregard one another as more important than yourselves;

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 ado not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.

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 aHave this attitude  1in yourselves which was also in  bChrist Jesus,

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who, although He  aexisted in the  bform of God,  cdid not regard equality with God a thing to be  1grasped,

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but  1 aemptied Himself, taking the form of a  bbond-servant, and  cbeing made in the likeness of men.

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Being found in appearance as a man,  aHe humbled Himself by becoming  bobedient to the point of death, even  cdeath  1on a cross.

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 aFor this reason also, God  bhighly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him  cthe name which is above every name,

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so that at the name of Jesus  aEVERY KNEE WILL BOW, of  bthose who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

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and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is  aLord, to the glory of God the Father.

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So then, my beloved,  ajust as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your  bsalvation with  cfear and trembling;

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for it is  aGod who is at work in you, both to will and to work  bfor His good pleasure.

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Do all things without  agrumbling or disputing;

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so that you will  1prove yourselves to be  ablameless and innocent,  bchildren of God above reproach in the midst of a  ccrooked and perverse generation, among whom you  2 dappear as  3lights in the world,

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holding  1fast the word of life, so that in  athe day of Christ I will have reason to glory because I did not  brun in vain nor  ctoil in vain.

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But even if I am being  apoured out as a drink offering upon  bthe sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and share my joy with you all.

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You too, I urge you, rejoice in the same way and share your joy with me.

Timothy and Epaphroditus

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But I hope  1in the Lord Jesus to  asend  bTimothy to you shortly, so that I also may be encouraged when I learn of your condition.

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For I have no one else  aof kindred spirit who will genuinely be concerned for your welfare.

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For they all  aseek after their own interests, not those of Christ Jesus.

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But you know  aof his proven worth, that  bhe served with me in the furtherance of the gospel  clike a child serving his father.

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 aTherefore I hope to send him immediately, as soon as I see how things go with me;

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and  aI trust in the Lord that I myself also will be coming shortly.

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But I thought it necessary to send to you  aEpaphroditus, my brother and  bfellow worker and  cfellow soldier, who is also your  1 dmessenger and  aminister to my need;

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because he was longing  1for you all and was distressed because you had heard that he was sick.

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For indeed he was sick to the point of death, but God had mercy on him, and not on him only but also on me, so that I would not have sorrow upon sorrow.

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Therefore I have sent him all the more eagerly so that when you see him again you may rejoice and I may be less concerned about you.

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 aReceive him then in the Lord with all joy, and  bhold men like him in high regard;

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because he came close to death  1 afor the work of Christ, risking his life to  bcomplete  2what was deficient in your service to me.



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