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2:1  Therefore if there is any encouragement in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,
2:2  make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose.
2:3  Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility consider one another as more important than yourselves;
2:4  do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.
2:5  Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus,
2:6  who, as He already existed in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
2:7  but emptied Himself by taking the form of a bond-servant and being born in the likeness of men.
2:8  And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death: death on a cross.
2:9  For this reason also God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name,
2:10  so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
2:11  and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
2:12  So then, my beloved, just as you 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;
2:13  for it is God who is at work in you, both to desire and to work for His good pleasure.
2:14  Do all things without complaining or arguments;
2:15  so that you will prove yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you appear as lights in the world,
2:16  holding firmly the word of life, so that on the day of Christ I can take pride because I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.
2:17  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.
2:18  You too, I urge you, rejoice in the same way and share your joy with me.
2:19  But I hope, in the Lord Jesus, to send Timothy to you shortly, so that I also may be encouraged when I learn of your condition.
2:20  For I have no one else of kindred spirit who will genuinely be concerned for your welfare.
2:21  For they all seek after their own interests, not those of Christ Jesus.
2:22  But you know of his proven character, that he served with me in the furtherance of the gospel like a child serving his father.
2:23  Therefore I hope to send him immediately, as soon as I see how things go with me;
2:24  and I trust in the Lord that I myself will also be coming shortly.
2:25  But I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger and minister to my need,
2:26  because he was longing for you all and was distressed because you had heard that he was sick.
2:27  For indeed he was sick to the point of 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  Therefore I have sent him all the more eagerly, so that when you see him again you may rejoice and I may be less concerned about you.
2:29  Receive him then in the Lord with all joy, and hold people like him in high regard,
2:30  because he came close to death for the work of Christ, risking his life to compensate for your absence in your service to me.