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target="_top"><b>7</b></a></span>but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, <i>and</i> being made in the likeness of men. <span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-8.htm" target="_top"><b>8</b></a></span>Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. <span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-9.htm" target="_top"><b>9</b></a></span>For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, <span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-10.htm" target="_top"><b>10</b></a></span>so that at the name of Jesus <font size="1">EVERY KNEE WILL BOW,</font> of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, <span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-11.htm" target="_top"><b>11</b></a></span>and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-12.htm" target="_top"><b>12</b></a></span>So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your salvation with fear and trembling; <span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-13.htm" target="_top"><b>13</b></a></span>for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for <i>His</i> good pleasure. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-14.htm" target="_top"><b>14</b></a></span>Do all things without grumbling or disputing; <span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-15.htm" target="_top"><b>15</b></a></span>so that you will prove yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you appear as lights in the world, <span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-16.htm" target="_top"><b>16</b></a></span>holding fast the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I will have reason to glory because I did not run in vain nor toil in vain. <span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-17.htm" target="_top"><b>17</b></a></span>But even if I am being poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and share my joy with you all. <span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-18.htm" target="_top"><b>18</b></a></span>You too, <i>I urge you,</i> rejoice in the same way and share your joy with me. <p><font color="#000000"><b><i>Timothy and Epaphroditus</i></b></font><p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-19.htm" target="_top"><b>19</b></a></span>But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you shortly, so that I also may be encouraged when I learn of your condition. <span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>For I have no one <i>else</i> of kindred spirit who will genuinely be concerned for your welfare. <span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-21.htm" target="_top"><b>21</b></a></span>For they all seek after their own interests, not those of Christ Jesus. <span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-22.htm" target="_top"><b>22</b></a></span>But you know of his proven worth, that he served with me in the furtherance of the gospel like a child <i>serving</i> his father. <span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-23.htm" target="_top"><b>23</b></a></span>Therefore I hope to send him immediately, as soon as I see how things <i>go</i> with me; <span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-24.htm" target="_top"><b>24</b></a></span>and I trust in the Lord that I myself also will be coming shortly. <span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-25.htm" target="_top"><b>25</b></a></span>But I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger and minister to my need; <span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-26.htm" target="_top"><b>26</b></a></span>because he was longing for you all and was distressed because you had heard that he was sick. <span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-27.htm" target="_top"><b>27</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-28.htm" target="_top"><b>28</b></a></span>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 <i>about you.</i> <span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-29.htm" target="_top"><b>29</b></a></span>Receive him then in the Lord with all joy, and hold men like him in high regard; <span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-30.htm" target="_top"><b>30</b></a></span>because he came close to death for the work of Christ, risking his life to complete what was deficient in your service to me. <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/philippians/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />who, existing in the form of God, counted not the being on an equality with God a thing to be grasped,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/philippians/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Who being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/philippians/2.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />who, subsisting in the form of God, did not esteem it an object of rapine to be on an equality with God;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/philippians/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />who, being in the form of God, counted it not a prize to be on an equality with God,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/philippians/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/philippians/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Although from the beginning He had the nature of God He did not reckon His equality with God a treasure to be tightly grasped.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/philippians/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />who, existing in the form of God, didn't consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/philippians/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal to God,<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/traherne/centuries_of_meditations/notes_on_the_second_century.htm">Notes on the Second Century</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Page 94. Line 9. The Book of ---- The reference here is to the apocryphal Wisdom of Solomon xiii. 1-5. Page 104. Med. 33. As originally written this Meditation commenced thus: Whether the sufferings of an. Angel would have been meritorious or no I will not dispute: but'---- And the following sentence, which comes after the first, has also been crossedout: So that it was an honour and no injury to be called to it: And so great an honour that it was an ornament to God himself, and an honour even to <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/traherne/centuries_of_meditations/notes_on_the_second_century.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Thomas Traherne—</span><span class="citation2">Centuries of Meditations</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/january_17_it_is_god.htm">January 17. "It is God which Worketh in You" (Phil. Ii. 13). </a><br></span><span class="snippet">"It is God which worketh in you" (Phil. ii. 13). God has not two ways for any of us; but one; not two things for us to do which we may choose between; but one best and highest choice. It is a blessed thing to find and fill the perfect will of God. It is a blessed thing to have our life laid out and our Christian work adjusted to God's plan. Much strength is lost by working at a venture. Much spiritual force is expended in wasted effort, and scattered, indefinite and inconstant attempts at doing good. <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/january_17_it_is_god.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Rev. A. B. Simpson—</span><span class="citation2">Days of Heaven Upon Earth </span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/april_28_for_it_is.htm">April 28. "For it is God which Worketh in You" (Phil. Ii. 13). </a><br></span><span class="snippet">"For it is God which worketh in you" (Phil. ii. 13). Sanctification is the gift of the Holy Ghost, the fruit of the Spirit, the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the prepared inheritance of all who enter in, the greatest obtainment of faith, not the attainment of works. It is divine holiness, not human self-improvement, nor perfection. It is the inflow into man's being of the life and purity of the infinite, eternal and Holy One, bringing His own perfection and working out His own will. How easy, how <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/april_28_for_it_is.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Rev. A. B. Simpson—</span><span class="citation2">Days of Heaven Upon Earth </span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/july_11_for_it_is.htm">July 11. "For it is God which Worketh in You" (Phil. Ii. 13). </a><br></span><span class="snippet">"For it is God which worketh in you" (Phil. ii. 13). A day with Jesus. Let us seek its plan and direction from Him. Let us take His highest thought and will for us in it. Let us look to Him for our desires, ideals, expectations in it. Then shall it bring to us exceeding abundantly above all that we can ask or think. Let Him be our Guide and Way. Let us not so much be thinking even of His plan and way as of Him as the Personal Guide of every moment, on whom we constantly depend to lead our every step. <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/july_11_for_it_is.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Rev. A. B. Simpson—</span><span class="citation2">Days of Heaven Upon Earth </span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/november_30_in_lowliness_of.htm">November 30. "In Lowliness of Mind Let Each Esteem Other Better than Themselves" (Phil. Ii. 3). </a><br></span><span class="snippet">"In lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves" (Phil. ii. 3). When the apostle speaks of "the deep things of God," he means more than deep spiritual truth. There must be something before this. There must be a deep soil and a thorough foundation. Very much of our spiritual teaching fails, because the people to whom we give it are so shallow. Their deeper nature has never been stirred. The beatitudes begin at the bottom of things, the poor in spirit, the mourners, and the hungry <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/november_30_in_lowliness_of.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Rev. A. B. Simpson—</span><span class="citation2">Days of Heaven Upon Earth </span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/may_28_he_humbled_himself.htm">May 28. "He Humbled Himself" (Phil. Ii. 8). </a><br></span><span class="snippet">"He humbled Himself" (Phil. ii. 8). One of the hardest things for a lofty and superior nature is to be under authority, to renounce his own will, and to take a place of subjection. But Christ took upon Him the form of a servant, gave up His independence, His right to please Himself, His liberty of choice, and after having from eternal ages known only to command, gave Himself up only to obey. I have seen occasionally the man who was once a wealthy employer a clerk in the same store. It was not an <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/may_28_he_humbled_himself.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Rev. A. B. Simpson—</span><span class="citation2">Days of Heaven Upon Earth </span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/june_6_he_emptied_himself.htm">June 6. "He Emptied Himself" (Phil. Ii. 8, R. V. ). </a><br></span><span class="snippet">"He emptied Himself" (Phil. ii. 8, R. V.). The first step to the righteousness of the kingdom is "poor in spirit." Then the next is a little deeper, "they that mourn." Because now you must get plastic, you must get broken, you must get like the metal in the fire, which the Master can mould; and so, it is not enough to see your unrighteousness, but deeply to feel it, deeply to regret it, deeply to mourn over it, to own it not a little thing that sin has come into your life. And so God leads a soul <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/june_6_he_emptied_himself.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Rev. A. B. Simpson—</span><span class="citation2">Days of Heaven Upon Earth </span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/luther/epistle_sermons_vol_ii/palm_sunday.htm">Palm Sunday</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Text: Philippians 2, 5-11. 5 Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6 who, existing in the form of God, counted not the being on an equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men; 8 and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, becoming obedient even unto death, yea, the death of the cross. 9 Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and gave unto him the name which is above every name; 10 that <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/luther/epistle_sermons_vol_ii/palm_sunday.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Martin Luther—</span><span class="citation2">Epistle Sermons, Vol. II</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_b/work_out_your_own_salvation.htm">Work Out Your Own Salvation</a><br></span><span class="snippet">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.'--PHIL. ii. 12, 13. 'What God hath joined together, let no man put asunder!' Here are, joined together, in the compass of one practical exhortation, the truths which, put asunder, have been the war-cries and shibboleths of contending sects ever since. Faith in a finished salvation, and yet work; God working all in me, and yet I able and bound to work likewise; <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_b/work_out_your_own_salvation.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_b/a_willing_sacrifice.htm">A Willing Sacrifice</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'That I may have whereof to glory in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain neither labour in vain. 17. Yea, and if I am offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all. 18. And in the same manner do ye also joy, and rejoice with me.'--PHIL. ii. 16-18 (R.V.). We come here to another of the passages in which the Apostle pours out all his heart to his beloved Church. Perhaps there never was a Christian teacher (always excepting Christ) who spoke more about <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_b/a_willing_sacrifice.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_b/a_plea_for_unity.htm">A Plea for Unity</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'If there is therefore any comfort in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassions, 2. Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be of the same mind, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind; 3. Doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself; 4. Not looking each of you to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.'--PHIL. ii. 1-4 (R.V.). 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