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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">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/philippians/2.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Unity through Humility</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philippians/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Therefore, if there is any encouragement in the Messiah,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:1 Or Christ">a</a></span> if there is any comfort of love, if there is any fellowship in the Spirit, if there is any compassion and sympathy, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philippians/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>then fill me with joy by having the same attitude, sharing the same love, being united in spirit, and keeping one purpose in mind. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philippians/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Do not act out of selfish ambition or conceit, but with humility think of others as being better than yourselves. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philippians/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Do not be concerned about your own interests, but also be concerned about<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:4 The Gk. lacks be concerned about">b</a></span> the interests of others. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philippians/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Have the same attitude among yourselves<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:5 Or Have this mind in you">c</a></span> that was also in the Messiah<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:5 Or Christ">d</a></span> Jesus:<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:5 Verses 6-11 probably represent an early Christian hymn.">e</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philippians/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>In God’s own form existed he,</p> <p class="poetry2">and shared with God equality,</p> <p class="poetry2">deemed nothing needed grasping.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philippians/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Instead, poured out in emptiness,</p> <p class="poetry2">a servant’s form did he possess,</p> <p class="poetry2">a mortal man becoming.</p> <p class="poetry2">In human form he chose to be,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philippians/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>and lived in all humility,</p> <p class="poetry2">death on a cross obeying.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philippians/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Now lifted up by God to heaven,</p> <p class="poetry2">a name above all others given,</p> <p class="poetry2">this matchless name possessing.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philippians/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And so, when Jesus’ name is called,</p> <p class="poetry2">the knees of everyone should fall,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:10 Or every knee should bend">f</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">wherever they’re residing.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:10 Lit. in heaven, on earth, and under the earth">g</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philippians/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then every tongue in one accord,</p> <p class="poetry2">will say that Jesus the Messiah<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:11 Or Christ">h</a></span> is Lord,</p> <p class="poetry2">while God the Father praising.</p> <p class="heading">Blameless Living</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philippians/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And so, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not only when I was with you but even more now that I am absent, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philippians/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>For it is God who is producing in you both the desire and the ability to do what pleases him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philippians/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Do everything without complaining or arguing <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philippians/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>so that you may be blameless and innocent, God’s children without any faults among a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine like stars in the world <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philippians/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>as you hold firmly to the word of life. Then I will be proud when the Messiah<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:16 Or Christ">i</a></span> returns<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:16 Lit. will boast in the day of the Messiah">j</a></span> that I did not run in vain or work hard in vain.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philippians/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Yet even if I am being poured out like an offering as part of the sacrifice and service I offer<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:17 The Gk. lacks I offer">k</a></span> for your faith, I rejoice, and I share my joy with all of you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philippians/2-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>In the same way, you also should rejoice and share your joy with me.</p> <p class="heading">News about Paul’s Companions</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philippians/2-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon so that I can be encouraged when I learn of your condition. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philippians/2-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>I do not have anyone else like him who takes a genuine interest in your welfare. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philippians/2-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For all the others look after their own interests, not after those of Jesus the Messiah.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:21 Or Christ">l</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philippians/2-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>But you know his proven worth—how like a son with his father he served with me in the gospel. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philippians/2-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Therefore, I hope to send him as soon as I see how things are going to turn out for me. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philippians/2-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Indeed, I am confident in the Lord that I will come to visit you<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:24 The Gk. lacks to visit you">m</a></span> soon.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philippians/2-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Meanwhile, I thought it best to send Epaphroditus—my brother, fellow worker, and fellow soldier, but your messenger and minister to my need—back to you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philippians/2-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>For he has been longing for<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:26 Other mss. read longing to see">n</a></span> all of you and is troubled because you heard that he was sick. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philippians/2-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Indeed, he was sick to the point of death, but God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, so that I would not have one sorrow on top of another.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:27 Lit. sorrow on sorrow">o</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philippians/2-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Therefore, I am especially eager to send him so that you may have the joy of seeing him again, and so that I may feel relieved. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philippians/2-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>So joyfully welcome him in the Lord and make sure you honor such people highly, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philippians/2-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>because he came close to death for the work of the Messiah<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:30 Or Christ; other mss. read Lord">p</a></span> by risking his life to complete what remained unfinished in your service to me.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 2:1 Or <i>Christ</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 2:4 The Gk. lacks <i>be concerned about</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 2:5 Or <i>Have this mind in you</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 2:5 Or <i>Christ</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 2:5 Verses 6-11 probably represent an early Christian hymn.<br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 2:10 Or <i>every knee should bend</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 2:10 Lit. <i>in heaven, on earth, and under the earth</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 2:11 Or <i>Christ</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 2:16 Or <i>Christ</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 2:16 Lit. <i>will boast in the day of the Messiah</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 2:17 The Gk. lacks <i>I offer</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 2:21 Or <i>Christ</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 2:24 The Gk. lacks <i>to visit you</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 2:26 Other mss. read <i>longing to see</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 2:27 Lit. <i>sorrow on sorrow</i><br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 2:30 Or <i>Christ</i>; 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