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1 If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion,
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1 If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion,
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2 then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose.
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2 then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose.
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3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.
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3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.
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4 Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.
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4 Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.
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5 Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:
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5 Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:
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6 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
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6 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
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7 but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.
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7 but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.
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| Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
