1 So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any sharing in the Spirit, any tenderness and compassion,

If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

2 make my joy complete by being of the same mind, having the same love, being united in spirit, and intent on one purpose.

Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves.

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

4 Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.

Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

5 Have the same mindset in yourselves that was also in Christ Jesus:

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

6 Who, being in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,

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 humanity. And being found in appearance as a man,

But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

8 He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death—even death on a cross.

And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

9 Therefore God highly exalted Him and gave Him the name that is above every name,

Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:

10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow—in heaven, on earth, and under the earth—

That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;

11 and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

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.

13 For it is God who works in you, both to will and to act in order to fulfill His good purpose.

For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

14 Do everything without grumbling or arguing,

Do all things without murmurings and disputings:

15 so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverted generation. Among them, you shine as lights in the world,

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;

16 holding fast to the word of life. Then I can boast in the day of Christ that I did not labor or run in vain.

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.

17 But even if I am being poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.

Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.

18 In the same way, you also should be glad and rejoice with me.

For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me.

19 Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be encouraged when I learn about your circumstances.

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.

20 For I have no one else like him, who will genuinely care about your concerns.

For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state.

21 For they all seek their own interests, not those of Christ Jesus.

For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's.

22 But you know his proven character, that as a son with his father, he has served with me in the work of the gospel.

But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.

23 Therefore, I hope to send him as soon as I see how things go with me.

Him therefore I hope to send presently, 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.

But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly.

25 But I considered it necessary to send you Epaphroditus—my brother, coworker, and fellow soldier, as well as your messenger and minister to my need.

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.

26 Since he has been longing for all of you and was distressed because you heard he was sick.

For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.

27 Indeed, he was so sick he nearly died. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, so that I would not have sorrow upon sorrow.

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.

28 For this reason, I am all the more eager to send him so that when you see him again, you may rejoice and I may be less anxious.

I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.

29 So welcome him in the Lord with all joy, and honor such people,

Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation:

30 because he came close to death for the work of Christ, risking his life to make up for what was lacking in your service to me.

Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.