1 Therefore if thereis any1 consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any aaffection and mercy,
2afulfill my joy bby being like-minded, having the same love, being of cone accord, of one mind.
3aLet nothing bedone through selfish ambition or conceit, but bin lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.
4aLet each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of bothers.
The Humbled and Exalted Christ
5aLet this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,
6 who, abeing in the form of God, did not consider it1 robbery to be equal with God,
7abut1 made Himself of no reputation, taking the form bof a bondservant, andccoming in the likeness of men.
8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and abecame bobedient to thepointof death, even the death of the cross.
9aTherefore God also bhas highly exalted Him and cgiven Him the name which is above every name,
10athat at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth,
11 and athat every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Light Bearers
12 Therefore, my beloved, aas you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, bwork out your own salvation with cfear and trembling;
13 for ait is God who works in you both to will and to do bfor His good pleasure.
14 Do all things awithout complaining and bdisputing,
15 that you may become blameless and1 harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as alights in the world,
16 holding fast the word of life, so that aI may rejoice in the day of Christ that bI have not run in vain or labored in cvain.
17 Yes, and if aI am being poured out asadrinkoffering on the sacrifice band service of your faith, cI am glad and rejoice with you all.
18 For the same reason you also be glad and rejoice with me.
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