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Being One in Christ
If then [there be] any comfort in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of [the] Spirit, if any bowels and compassions,
If then [there be] any comfort in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of [the] Spirit, if any bowels and compassions,
Have the Attitude of Christ
Is there any encouragement from belonging to Christ? Any comfort from his love? Any fellowship together in the Spirit? Are your hearts tender and compassionate?
Is there any encouragement from belonging to Christ? Any comfort from his love? Any fellowship together in the Spirit? Are your hearts tender and compassionate?
fulfil my joy, that ye may think the same thing, having the same love, joined in soul, thinking one thing;
Then make me truly happy by agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, loving one another, and working together with one mind and purpose.
[let] nothing [be] in the spirit of strife or vain glory, but, in lowliness of mind, each esteeming the other as more excellent than themselves;
Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves.
regarding not each his own [qualities], but each those of others also.
Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too.
The Attitude of Christ
For let this mind be in you which [was] also in Christ Jesus;
For let this mind be in you which [was] also in Christ Jesus;
You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.
who, subsisting in the form of God, did not esteem it an object of rapine to be on an equality with God;
but emptied himself, taking a bondman's form, taking his place in [the] likeness of men;
and having been found in figure as a man, humbled himself, becoming obedient even unto death, and [that the] death of [the] cross.
he humbled himself in obedience to God
and died a criminal’s death on a cross.
and died a criminal’s death on a cross.
Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and granted him a name, that which is above every name,
Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor
and gave him the name above all other names,
and gave him the name above all other names,
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of heavenly and earthly and infernal [beings],
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ [is] Lord to God [the] Father's glory.
and every tongue declare that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
to the glory of God the Father.
Shining as Stars
So that, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much rather in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling,
So that, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much rather in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling,
Shine Brightly for Christ
Dear friends, you always followed my instructions when I was with you. And now that I am away, it is even more important. Work hard to show the results of your salvation, obeying God with deep reverence and fear.
for it is God who works in you both the willing and the working according to [his] good pleasure.
For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him.
Do all things without murmurings and reasonings,
Do everything without complaining and arguing,
that ye may be harmless and simple, irreproachable children of God in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation; among whom ye appear as lights in [the] world,
so that no one can criticize you. Live clean, innocent lives as children of God, shining like bright lights in a world full of crooked and perverse people.
holding forth [the] word of life, so as to be a boast for me in Christ's day, that I have not run in vain nor laboured in vain.
Hold firmly to the word of life; then, on the day of Christ’s return, I will be proud that I did not run the race in vain and that my work was not useless.
But if also I am poured out as a libation on the sacrifice and ministration of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice in common with you all.
In like manner do *ye* also rejoice, and rejoice with me.
Yes, you should rejoice, and I will share your joy.
Timothy and Epaphroditus
But I hope in [the] Lord Jesus to send Timotheus to you shortly, that *I* also may be refreshed, knowing how ye get on.
But I hope in [the] Lord Jesus to send Timotheus to you shortly, that *I* also may be refreshed, knowing how ye get on.
Paul Commends Timothy
If the Lord Jesus is willing, I hope to send Timothy to you soon for a visit. Then he can cheer me up by telling me how you are getting along.
For I have no one like-minded who will care with genuine feeling how ye get on.
I have no one else like Timothy, who genuinely cares about your welfare.
For all seek their own things, not the things of Jesus Christ.
All the others care only for themselves and not for what matters to Jesus Christ.
But ye know the proof of him, that, as a child a father, he has served with me in the work of the glad tidings.
But you know how Timothy has proved himself. Like a son with his father, he has served with me in preaching the Good News.
Him therefore I hope to send immediately, as soon as I shall see how it goes with me:
I hope to send him to you just as soon as I find out what is going to happen to me here.
but I trust in [the] Lord that I myself also shall soon come;
And I have confidence from the Lord that I myself will come to see you soon.
Epaphroditus Commended
but I have thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow-workman and fellow-soldier, but your messenger and minister to my need,
but I have thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow-workman and fellow-soldier, but your messenger and minister to my need,
Paul Commends Epaphroditus
Meanwhile, I thought I should send Epaphroditus back to you. He is a true brother, co-worker, and fellow soldier. And he was your messenger to help me in my need.
since he had a longing desire after you all, and was distressed because ye had heard that he was sick;
I am sending him because he has been longing to see you, and he was very distressed that you heard he was ill.
for he was also sick close to death, but God had mercy on him, and not indeed on him alone, but also on me, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.
And he certainly was ill; in fact, he almost died. But God had mercy on him — and also on me, so that I would not have one sorrow after another.
I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that seeing him ye might again rejoice, and that *I* might be the less sorrowful.
So I am all the more anxious to send him back to you, for I know you will be glad to see him, and then I will not be so worried about you.
Receive him therefore in [the] Lord with all joy, and hold such in honour;