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1 If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
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So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy,
2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, 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.
3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
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Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.
4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
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Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.
5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
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Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,
6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
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who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,
7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
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but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.
8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the 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.
9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which 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,
10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things 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,
11 And that every tongue should confess 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.
12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
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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,
13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
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for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
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Do all things without grumbling or questioning,
15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
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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,
16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured 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.
17 Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.
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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.
18 For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me.
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Likewise you also should be glad and rejoice with me.
19 But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state.
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I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be cheered by news of you.
20 For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state.
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For I have no one like him, who will be genuinely concerned for your welfare.
21 For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's.
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For they all seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
22 But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.
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But you know Timothy'sproven worth, how as a son with a father he has served with me in the gospel.
23 Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see how it will 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,
24 But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly.
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and I trust in the Lord that shortly I myself will come also.
25 Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants.
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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,
26 For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.
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for he has been longing for you all and has been distressed because you heard that he was ill.
27 For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have 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.
28 I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.
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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.
29 Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation:
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So receive him in the Lord with all joy, and honor such men,
30 Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.
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for he nearly died for the work of Christ, risking his life to complete what was lacking in your service to me.
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