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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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8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death-- even death on a cross!
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8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death-- even death on a cross!
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9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name,
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9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name,
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10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
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10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
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11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
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11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
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12 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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12 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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13 for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.
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13 for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.
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14 Do everything without complaining or arguing,
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14 Do everything without complaining or arguing,
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15 so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe
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15 so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe
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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) |
