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1 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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If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassions,
2 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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make full my joy, that ye be of the same mind, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;
3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves,
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[doing] nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself;
4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.
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not looking each of you to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.
5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:
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Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
6 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
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who, existing in the form of God, counted not the being on an equality with God a thing to be grasped,
7 rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.
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but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men;
8 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 fashion as a man, he humbled himself, becoming obedient [even] unto death, yea, the death of the cross.
9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name,
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Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and gave unto him the name which is above every name;
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
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that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of [things] in heaven and [things] on earth and [things] under the earth,
11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
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and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
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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So then, my beloved, even 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;
13 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 worketh in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.
14 Do everything without grumbling or arguing,
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Do all things without murmurings and questionings:
15 so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.” Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky
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that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye are seen as lights in the world,
16 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 forth the word of life; that I may have whereof to glory in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain neither labor in vain.
17 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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Yea, and if I am offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all:
18 So you too should be glad and rejoice with me.
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and in the same manner do ye also joy, and rejoice with me.
19 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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But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state.
20 I have no one else like him, who will show genuine concern for your welfare.
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For I have no man likeminded, who will care truly for your state.
21 For everyone looks out for their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
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For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.
22 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 ye know the proof of him, that, as a child [serveth] a father, [so] he served with me in furtherance of the gospel.
23 I hope, therefore, to send him as soon as I see how things go with me.
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Him therefore I hope to send forthwith, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me:
24 And I am confident in the Lord that I myself will come soon.
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but I trust in the Lord that I myself also shall come shortly.
25 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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But I counted 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 longs for all of you and is distressed because you heard he was ill.
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since he longed after you all, and was sore troubled, because ye had heard that he was sick:
27 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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for indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.
28 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 have sent him therefore the more diligently, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.
29 So then, welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honor people like him,
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Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy; and hold such in honor:
30 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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because for the work of Christ he came nigh unto death, hazarding his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.
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