1 So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort fromf[Rom. 15:30; 2 Thess. 2:16] love, anyg2 Cor. 13:14 participation in the Spirit, anyhCol. 3:12 affection and sympathy, 2 iJohn 3:29; 15:11 complete my joy by beingjSee Rom. 12:16 of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. 3 Do nothing fromkch. 1:17 rivalry orlGal. 5:26 conceit, but inm[Eph. 5:21]; See Rom. 12:10; Eph. 4:2 humility count others more significant than yourselves. 4 Let each of younSee Rom. 15:2 look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. 5 oRom. 15:3; See Matt. 11:29 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,1Or which was also in Christ Jesus 6 pSee John 1:1 who, though he was inqSee 2 Cor. 4:4 the form of God, did not count equality with GodrJohn 5:18; 10:33; [John 14:28] a thing to be grasped, 7 buts2 Cor. 8:9; 13:4; See Mark 9:12 made himself nothing, taking the form of atSee Isa. 42:1; Matt. 20:28 servant,uRom. 8:3; Gal. 4:4; See John 1:14 being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself byvHeb. 5:8; [Matt. 26:39; John 10:18; Rom. 5:19] becoming obedient to the point of death,wHeb. 12:2 even death on a cross. 9 xJohn 10:17; [Isa. 52:13; 53:12; Heb. 2:9] ThereforeySee Matt. 28:18 God haszActs 2:33 highly exalted him and bestowed on himaEph. 1:21; Heb. 1:4; [Acts 5:41] the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of JesusbIsa. 45:23; Rom. 14:11 every knee should bow,c[Rev. 5:3, 13]; See Eph. 1:10 in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 andd[Rom. 10:9; 1 Cor. 12:3] every tongue confess that Jesus Christ ise[Rom. 14:9]; See John 13:13 Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
12 Therefore, my beloved,f[ch. 1:5; 4:15] as you have alwaysgHeb. 5:9; [2 Cor. 10:5; 1 Pet. 1:2] 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 forh1 Cor. 12:6; [Heb. 13:21]; See 1 Cor. 15:10 it is God who works in you, both to will and to work fori[1 Tim. 2:4] his good pleasure.
14 Do all thingsj1 Pet. 4:9 without grumbling ork1 Tim. 2:8 questioning, 15 that you may be blameless and innocent,l[Matt. 5:45; Eph. 5:1] children of GodmJude 24 without blemishn1 Pet. 2:12 in the midst ofoSee Deut. 32:5 a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shinepMatt. 5:14, 16; [Titus 2:10] as lights in the world, 16 holding fast toq[Acts 5:20] the word of life, so that inrSee 1 Cor. 1:8 the day of ChristsSee 2 Cor. 1:14 I may be proud thattGal. 2:2; 1 Thess. 3:5; [Gal. 4:11] I did not run in vain or labor in vain. 17 Even if I am to beu[1 John 3:16]; See 2 Cor. 12:15 poured out as a drink offering uponv[Rom. 15:16] the sacrificial offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all. 18 Likewise you also should be glad and rejoice with me.
19 I hope in the Lord Jesusw[1 Cor. 4:17; 1 Thess. 3:2] to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be cheered by news of you. 20 For I have no onex[1 Cor. 16:10] like him, who will be genuinely concerned for your welfare. 21 They ally[2 Tim. 3:2]; See 1 Cor. 10:24 seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ. 22 But you know Timothy'sz2 Cor. 2:9 proven worth, howa1 Cor. 4:17; 1 Tim. 1:2; 2 Tim. 1:2 as a son with a fatherb[2 Tim. 3:10] he has served with me in the gospel. 23 I hope therefore to send him just as soon as I see how it will go with me, 24 andc[ch. 1:25; Philem. 22] I trust in the Lord that shortly I myself will come also.
25 I have thought it necessary to send to youdch. 4:18 Epaphroditus my brother and fellow worker andePhilem. 2 fellow soldier, and your messenger andf[ch. 4:18] minister to my need, 26 for he has been longing for you all and has been distressed because you heard that he was ill. 27 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 am the more eager to send him, therefore, that you may rejoice at seeing him again, and that I may be less anxious. 29 SogRom. 16:2 receive him in the Lord with all joy, andh1 Cor. 16:18; 1 Thess. 5:12, 13; 1 Tim. 5:17 honor such men, 30 for he nearly diedi[Acts 20:24] for the work of Christ, risking his lifej[ch. 4:10]; See 1 Cor. 16:17 to complete what was lacking in your service to me.