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2:1  So if there is any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,
2:2  then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being united in spirit, and having one mind.
2:3  Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty conceit, but in humility consider one another better than yourselves.
2:4  Let each of you look carefully not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.
2:5  Indeed, let this attitude be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.
2:6  Though he was by nature God, he did not consider equality with God as a prize to be displayed,
2:7  but he emptied himself by taking the nature of a servant. When he was born in human likeness, and his appearance was like that of any other man,
2:8  he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death—even death on a cross.
2:9  Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name,
2:10  so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
2:11  and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
2:12  So then, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed, not only when I was with you, but also now much more in my absence, continue to work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
2:13  In fact, it is God who is working in you, both to will and to work, for the sake of his good pleasure.
2:14  Do everything without complaining and arguing,
2:15  so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without blemish among a crooked and perverted generation. You shine among them like lights in the world,
2:16  as you hold on to the word of life. Then I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.
2:17  But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I continue to be glad and rejoice with you all.
2:18  In the same way, also be glad and rejoice with me.
2:19  I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be cheered when I receive news about you.
2:20  To be sure, I have no one else like him, who will be genuinely concerned about your welfare.
2:21  For, the others all seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
2:22  But you know Timothy’s proven character, that as a child for his father, he served with me in the gospel.
2:23  So he is the one I hope to send just as soon as I see how things go with me.
2:24  But I have confidence in the Lord that I myself will be coming soon too.
2:25  I also considered it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, coworker, and fellow soldier, as well as the one you sent to serve me in my need.
2:26  I sent him because he was longing for all of you and was distressed, because you had heard that he was sick.
2:27  As a matter of fact, he was sick, nearly to 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.
2:28  Now I am especially eager to send him, so that you may rejoice when you see him again, and I may be relieved.
2:29  Therefore, receive him in the Lord with all joy, and hold men like him in high regard,
2:30  because he nearly died for the work of Christ, risking his life in order to fill in what was lacking in your service to me.