Philippians 2
Christ's Humiliation
and Exaltation |
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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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fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded,
having the same love, being of one accord, of one
mind.
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Let nothing be done through
strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other
better than themselves.
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Look not every man on his own things, but
every man also on the things of others.
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Let this mind be in you, which was also
in Christ Jesus:
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who, being in the form of God, thought it
not robbery to be equal with God:
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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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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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Wherefore God also hath highly exalted
him, and given him a name which is above every name:
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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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and that every tongue should
confess Is. 45.23 that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the
Father.
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Shining as Lights in
the World |
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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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for it is God which worketh in you both
to will and to do of his good pleasure.
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Do all things without murmurings and
disputings:
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that ye may be blameless and harmless,
the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and
perverse nation, Deut. 32.5 among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
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holding forth the word of life; that I
may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain,
neither labored in vain.
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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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For the same cause also do ye joy, and
rejoice with me.
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Timothy and
Epaphroditus |
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But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send
Timothy shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I
know your state.
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For I have no man likeminded, who will
naturally care for your state.
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For all seek their own, not the things
which are Jesus Christ's.
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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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Him therefore I hope to send presently,
so soon as I shall see how it will go with me.
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But I trust in the Lord that I also
myself shall come shortly.
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Yet I supposed it necessary to send to
you Epaphrodi'tus, my brother, and companion in labor, and fellow
soldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my
wants.
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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 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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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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Receive him therefore in the Lord with
all gladness; and hold such in reputation:
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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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