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Imitating Christ’s Humility

Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion,

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Christ’s Example of Humility

So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy,

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then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind.

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complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.

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Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves,

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Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.

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not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.

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Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.

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In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:

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Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,a

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Who, being in very naturea God,
did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;

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who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,b

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rather, he made himself nothing
by taking the very natureb of a servant,
being made in human likeness.

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but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant,c being born in the likeness of men.

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And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
by becoming obedient to death —
even death on a cross!

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And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

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Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
and gave him the name that is above every name,

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Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name,

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that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

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so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

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and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.

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and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

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Do Everything Without Grumbling

Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed — not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence — continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling,

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Lights in the World

Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling,

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for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.

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for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

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Do everything without grumbling or arguing,

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Do all things without grumbling or disputing,

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so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.”c Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky

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that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,

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as you hold firmly to the word of life. And then I will be able to boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.

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holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.

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But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service coming from your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.

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Even if I am to be poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.

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So you too should be glad and rejoice with me.

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Likewise you also should be glad and rejoice with me.

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Timothy and Epaphroditus

I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered when I receive news about you.

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Timothy and Epaphroditus

I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be cheered by news of you.

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I have no one else like him, who will show genuine concern for your welfare.

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For I have no one like him, who will be genuinely concerned for your welfare.

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For everyone looks out for their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.

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For they all seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.

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But you know that Timothy has proved himself, because as a son with his father he has served with me in the work of the gospel.

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But you know Timothy’sd proven worth, how as a sone with a father he has served with me in the gospel.

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I hope, therefore, to send him as soon as I see how things go with me.

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I hope therefore to send him just as soon as I see how it will go with me,

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And I am confident in the Lord that I myself will come soon.

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and I trust in the Lord that shortly I myself will come also.

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But I think it is necessary to send back to you Epaphroditus, my brother, co-worker and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger, whom you sent to take care of my needs.

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I have thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, and your messenger and minister to my need,

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For he longs for all of you and is distressed because you heard he was ill.

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for he has been longing for you all and has been distressed because you heard that he was ill.

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Indeed he was ill, and almost died. But God had mercy on him, and not on him only but also on me, to spare me sorrow upon sorrow.

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Indeed he was ill, near to death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

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Therefore I am all the more eager to send him, so that when you see him again you may be glad and I may have less anxiety.

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I am the more eager to send him, therefore, that you may rejoice at seeing him again, and that I may be less anxious.

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So then, welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honor people like him,

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So receive him in the Lord with all joy, and honor such men,

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because he almost died for the work of Christ. He risked his life to make up for the help you yourselves could not give me.

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for he nearly diedf for the work of Christ, risking his life to complete what was lacking in your service to me.

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