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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Philippians 2 ERV</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/erv/philippians/2.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/5001.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 4800px), only screen and (max-device-width: 4800px)" href="/4801.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 1550px), only screen and (max-device-width: 1550px)" href="/1551.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 1250px), only screen and (max-device-width: 1250px)" href="/1251.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 1050px), only screen and (max-device-width: 1050px)" href="/1051.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 900px), only screen and (max-device-width: 900px)" href="/901.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 800px), only screen and (max-device-width: 800px)" href="/801.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 575px), only screen and (max-device-width: 575px)" href="/501.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-height: 450px), only screen and (max-device-height: 450px)" href="/h451.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/philippians/2.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/combine/philippians/2-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ERV</a> > Philippians 2</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" 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">English Revised Version</div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Being One in Christ</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>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, <span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>fulfill ye my joy, that ye be of the same mind, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind; <span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself; <span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>not looking each of you to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.</p> <a name="5" id="5"></a><p class="hdg">The Attitude of Christ<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../isaiah/52.htm#13">Isaiah 52:13-15</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: <span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>who, being in the form of God, counted it not a prize to be on an equality with God, <span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men; <span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, becoming obedient even unto death, yea, the death of the cross. <span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and gave unto him the name which is above every name; <span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven and things on earth and things under the earth, <span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.</p> <a name="12" id="12"></a><p class="hdg">Shining as Stars<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../matthew/5.htm#13">Matthew 5:13-16</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>So then, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; <span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>for it is God which worketh in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Do all things without murmurings and disputings; <span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>that ye may be blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye are seen as lights in the world, <span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>holding forth the word of life; that I may have whereof to glory in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain neither labour in vain. <span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Yea, and if I am offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all: <span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>and in the same manner do ye also joy, and rejoice with me.</p> <p class="hdg">Timothy and Epaphroditus</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state. <span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>For I have no man likeminded, who will care truly for your state. <span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ. <span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>But ye know the proof of him, that, as a child serveth a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the gospel. <span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Him therefore I hope to send forthwith, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me: <span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>but I trust in the Lord that I myself also shall come shortly.</p> <p class="hdg">Epaphroditus Commended</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>But I counted it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow-worker and fellow-soldier, and your messenger and minister to my need; <span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>since he longed after you all, and was sore troubled, because ye had heard that he was sick: <span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>for indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow. <span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful. <span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy; and hold such in honour: <span class="reftext"><a href="/philippians/2-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>because for the work of Christ he came nigh unto death, hazarding his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">English Revised Version, 1885<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../philippians/1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Philippians 1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Philippians 1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../philippians/3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Philippians 3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Philippians 3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="/scan/philippians/2-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></body></html>