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align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../philippians/1.htm" title="Philippians 1">◄</a> Philippians 2 <a href="../philippians/3.htm" title="Philippians 3">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch57002" class="chapter"> <h1 id="cn57002" class="cn"></h1> <p class="pf"><span class="hemb">Plea for Unity and Humility.<a id="rfn57002001-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn57002001-1">*</a></span> <span id="v57002001" class="ver">1</span>If there is any encouragement in Christ, any solace in love, any participation in the Spirit, any compassion and mercy, <span id="v57002002" class="ver">2</span>complete my joy by being of the same mind, with the same love, united in heart, thinking one thing.<a id="ren57002002-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en57002002-a">a</a> <span id="v57002003" class="ver">3</span>Do nothing out of selfishness or out of vainglory; rather, humbly regard others as more important than yourselves,<a id="ren57002003-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en57002003-b">b</a> <span id="v57002004" class="ver">4</span>each looking out not for his own interests, but [also] everyone for those of others.<a id="ren57002004-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en57002004-c">c</a></p> <p><span id="v57002005" class="ver">5</span>Have among yourselves the same attitude that is also yours in Christ Jesus,<a id="rfn57002005-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn57002005-1">*</a></p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v57002006" class="ver">6</span>Who,<a id="rfn57002006-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn57002006-1">*</a> though he was in the form of God,<a id="ren57002006-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en57002006-d">d</a></p> <p class="sl1">did not regard equality with God something to be grasped.<a id="rfn57002006-2" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn57002006-2">*</a></p> <p class="sl1"><span id="v57002007" class="ver">7</span>Rather, he emptied himself,</p> <p class="sl1">taking the form of a slave,</p> <p class="sl1">coming in human likeness;<a id="rfn57002007-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn57002007-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">and found human in appearance,<a id="ren57002007-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en57002007-e">e</a></p> <p class="sl1"><span id="v57002008" class="ver">8</span>he humbled himself,<a id="ren57002008-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en57002008-f">f</a></p> <p class="sl2">becoming obedient to death,</p> <p class="sl2">even death on a cross.<a id="rfn57002008-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn57002008-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v57002009" class="ver">9</span>Because of this, God greatly exalted him</p> <p class="sl1">and bestowed on him the name<a id="rfn57002009-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn57002009-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">that is above every name,<a id="ren57002009-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en57002009-g">g</a></p> <p class="sl1"><span id="v57002010" class="ver">10</span>that at the name of Jesus</p> <p class="sl1">every knee should bend,<a id="rfn57002010-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn57002010-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth,<a id="ren57002010-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en57002010-h">h</a></p> <p class="sl1"><span id="v57002011" class="ver">11</span>and every tongue confess that</p> <p class="sl1">Jesus Christ is Lord,<a id="rfn57002011-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn57002011-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">to the glory of God the Father.<a id="ren57002011-i" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en57002011-i">i</a></p> </div> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Obedience and Service in the World.<a id="rfn57002012-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn57002012-1">*</a></span> <span id="v57002012" class="ver">12</span><a id="ren57002012-j" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en57002012-j">j</a>So then, my beloved, obedient as you have always been, not only when I am present but all the more now when I am absent, work out your salvation with fear and trembling.<a id="rfn57002012-2" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn57002012-2">*</a> <span id="v57002013" class="ver">13</span>For God is the one who, for his good purpose, works in you both to desire and to work.<a id="ren57002013-k" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en57002013-k">k</a> <span id="v57002014" class="ver">14</span>Do everything without grumbling or questioning,<a id="ren57002014-l" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en57002014-l">l</a> <span id="v57002015" class="ver">15</span>that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation,<a id="rfn57002015-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn57002015-1">*</a> among whom you shine like lights in the world,<a id="ren57002015-m" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en57002015-m">m</a> <span id="v57002016" class="ver">16</span>as you hold on to the word of life, so that my boast for the day of Christ may be that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.<a id="ren57002016-n" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en57002016-n">n</a> <span id="v57002017" class="ver">17</span>But, even if I am poured out as a libation<a id="rfn57002017-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn57002017-1">*</a> upon the sacrificial service of your faith, I rejoice and share my joy with all of you.<a id="ren57002017-o" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en57002017-o">o</a> <span id="v57002018" class="ver">18</span>In the same way you also should rejoice and share your joy with me.<a id="ren57002018-p" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en57002018-p">p</a></p> <h1 class="bksect">IV. <span class="ac">Travel Plans of Paul and His Assistants</span><a id="rfn57002019-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn57002019-1">*</a></h1> <p class="paft"><span class="hemb">Timothy and Paul.</span> <span id="v57002019" class="ver">19</span>I hope, in the Lord Jesus, to send Timothy<a id="rfn57002019-2" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn57002019-2">*</a> to you soon, so that I too may be heartened by hearing news of you.<a id="ren57002019-q" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en57002019-q">q</a> <span id="v57002020" class="ver">20</span>For I have no one comparable to him for genuine interest in whatever concerns you. <span id="v57002021" class="ver">21</span>For they all seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.<a id="ren57002021-r" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en57002021-r">r</a> <span id="v57002022" class="ver">22</span>But you know his worth, how as a child with a father he served along with me in the cause of the gospel. <span id="v57002023" class="ver">23</span>He it is, then, whom I hope to send as soon as I see how things go with me, <span id="v57002024" class="ver">24</span>but I am confident in the Lord that I myself will also come soon.<a id="rfn57002024-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn57002024-1">*</a></p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Epaphroditus.</span> <span id="v57002025" class="ver">25</span>With regard to Epaphroditus,<a id="rfn57002025-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn57002025-1">*</a> my brother and co-worker and fellow soldier, your messenger and minister in my need, I consider it necessary to send him to you.<a id="ren57002025-s" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en57002025-s">s</a> <span id="v57002026" class="ver">26</span>For he has been longing for all of you and was distressed because you heard that he was ill. <span id="v57002027" class="ver">27</span>He was indeed ill, close to death; but God had mercy on him, not just on him but also on me, so that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow. <span id="v57002028" class="ver">28</span>I send him therefore with the greater eagerness, so that, on seeing him, you may rejoice again, and I may have less anxiety. <span id="v57002029" class="ver">29</span>Welcome him then in the Lord with all joy and hold such people in esteem,<a id="ren57002029-t" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en57002029-t">t</a> <span id="v57002030" class="ver">30</span>because for the sake of the work of Christ he came close to death, risking his life to make up for those services to me that you could not perform.</p> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised 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