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2 Therefore, if there is any encouragement in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion, 2 fulfill my joy by thinking the same way, having the same love, being united in spirit, and having one purpose.
3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard one another as surpassing yourselves, 4 {not looking out for each one's own interests},[fn] but [also][fn] for the interests of others.
5 {Have this attitude}[fn] in yourselves, which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, existing[fn] in the form[fn] of God, did not consider equality with God as something to be seized,[fn] 7 but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men; and being found in appearance as a man,[fn] 8 he humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
9 Therefore, God highly exalted him and gave him {the}[fn] name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
12 So then, my beloved, just 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; 13 for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
14 Do everything without grumbling and disputing, 15 so that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God blameless in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, 16 holding fast to the word of life, so that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.
17 But even if I am being poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and share my joy with you all. 18 Likewise, you also should rejoice and share your joy with me.
19 I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I also may be encouraged when I learn of your situation. 20 For I have no one like him, who will genuinely care for your concerns, 21 for they all seek their own interests, not those of {Jesus Christ}.[fn] 22 But you know his proven character, that as a son with his father he has served with me in the gospel.
23 Therefore, I hope to send him as soon as I see how things go with me; 24 and I trust in the Lord that I myself also will come soon.
25 But I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger and minister to my need, 26 since he has been longing for you all and was distressed because you heard that he was sick. 27 For indeed, he was sick, nearly unto death; but God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, so that I would not have sorrow upon sorrow. 28 Therefore, I am sending him all the more eagerly, so that when you see him again you may rejoice and I may be less anxious.
29 Receive him then in the Lord with all joy, and hold such people in honor, 30 because for the work of Christ he came close to death, risking his life to make up for the help you could not give me.
2:4, not looking out for each one's own interests: Later manuscripts read “Do not each of you look to your own interests.” BYZ TR
2:4, also: NA28[] SBLGNT THGNT BYZ TR ‖ Absent from some manuscripts.
2:5, Have this attitude: Later manuscripts read “For let this attitude be.” BYZ TR
2:6, existing: The Greek word is in the present active case.
2:6, form: The Greek word means form, outward appearance, shape (BDAG, μορφή).
2:6, seized: The Greek word means (1) a violent seizure of property, robbery or (2) something to which one can claim or assert title by gripping or grasping, something claimed. BDAG also notes “only the context and an understanding of Paul's thought in general can decide whether it means holding fast to something already obtained... or the appropriation to oneself of something that is sought after” (BDAG, ἁρπαγμός).
2:7, The J. Jeremias gives the alternate punctuation: “but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant. Being made in the likeness of men, and being found in appearance as a man,” J. Jeremias, “Zur Gedankenführung in den paulinischen Briefen,” in Studia Paulina in honorem Johannis de Zwaan septuagenarii (ed. J.N. Sevenster and W.C. van Unnik; Haarlem: Bohn, 1953) 146–155, 154; idem, “Zu Phil ii 7: ἑαυτὸν ἐκένωσεν,” NovT 6 (1963) 182–188, 186
2:9, the: Later manuscripts read “a.” BYZ TR
2:21, Jesus Christ: Later manuscripts read “the Christ Jesus.” BYZ TR