| 1 | If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of charity, if any society of the spirit, if any bowels of commiseration: |
| 2 | Fulfill ye my joy, that you may be of one mind, having the same charity, being of one accord, agreeing in sentiment. |
| 3 | Let nothing be done through contention, neither by vain glory: but in humility, let each esteem others better than themselves: |
| 4 | Each one not considering the things that are his own, but those that are other men's. |
| 5 | For let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: |
| 6 | Who being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: |
| 7 | But emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men, and in habit found as a man. |
| 8 | He humbled himself, becoming obedient unto death, even to the death of the cross. |
| 9 | For which cause God also hath exalted him, and hath given him a name which is above all names: |
| 10 | That in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those that are in heaven, on earth, and under the earth: |
| 11 | And that every tongue should confess that the Lord Jesus Christ is in the glory of God the Father. |
| 12 | Wherefore, my dearly beloved, (as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but much more now in my absence,) with fear and trembling work out your salvation. |
| 13 | For it is God who worketh in you, both to will and to accomplish, according to his good will. |
| 14 | And do ye all things without murmurings and hesitations; |
| 15 | That you may be blameless, and sincere children of God, without reproof, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation; among whom you shine as lights in the world. |
| 16 | Holding forth the word of life to my glory in the day of Christ, because I have not run in vain, nor laboured in vain. |
| 17 | Yea, and if I be made a victim upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and congratulate with you all. |
| 18 | And for the selfsame thing do you also rejoice, and congratulate with me. |
| 19 | And I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy unto you shortly, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know the things concerning you. |
| 20 | For I have no man so of the same mind, who with sincere affection is solicitous for you. |
| 21 | For all seek the things that are their own; not the things that are Jesus Christ's. |
| 22 | Now know ye the proof of him, that as a son with the father, so hath he served with me in the gospel. |
| 23 | Him therefore I hope to send unto you immediately, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me. |
| 24 | And I trust in the Lord, that I myself also shall come to you shortly. |
| 25 | But I have thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow labourer, and fellow soldier, but your apostle, and he that hath ministered to my wants. |
| 26 | For indeed he longed after you all: and was sad, for that you had heard that he was sick. |
| 27 | For indeed he was sick, nigh unto death; but God had mercy on him; and not only on him, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow. |
| 28 | Therefore I sent him the more speedily: that seeing him again, you may rejoice, and I may be without sorrow. |
| 29 | Receive him therefore with all joy in the Lord; and treat with honour such as he is. |
| 30 | Because for the work of Christ he came to the point of death: delivering his life, that he might fulfill that which on your part was wanting towards my service. |
