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2:1  Therefore, if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort provided by love, any fellowship in the Spirit, any affection or mercy,
2:2  complete my joy and be of the same mind, by having the same love, being united in spirit, and having one purpose.
2:3  Instead of being motivated by selfish ambition or vanity, each of you should, in humility, be moved to treat one another as more important than yourself.
2:4  Each of you should be concerned not only about your own interests, but about the interests of others as well.
2:5  You should have the same attitude toward one another that Christ Jesus had,
2:6  who though he existed in the form of God did not regard equality with God as something to be grasped,
2:7  but emptied himself by taking on the form of a slave, by looking like other men, and by sharing in human nature.
2:8  He humbled himself, by becoming obedient to the point of death--even death on a cross!
2:9  As a result God 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 confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.
2:12  So then, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence but even more in my absence, continue working out your salvation with awe and reverence,
2:13  for the one bringing forth in you both the desire and the effort--for the sake of his good pleasure--is God.
2:14  Do everything without grumbling or arguing,
2:15  so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without blemish though you live in a crooked and perverse society, in which you shine as lights in the world
2:16  by holding on to the word of life so that on the day of Christ I will have a reason to boast that I did not run in vain nor 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 am glad and rejoice together with all of you.
2:18  And in the same way you also should be glad and rejoice together with me.
2:19  Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be encouraged by hearing news about you.
2:20  For there is no one here like him who will readily demonstrate his deep concern for you.
2:21  Others are busy with their own concerns, not those of Jesus Christ.
2:22  But you know his qualifications, that like a son working with his father, he served with me in advancing the gospel.
2:23  So I hope to send him as soon as I know more about my situation,
2:24  though I am confident in the Lord that I too will be coming to see you soon.
2:25  But for now I have considered it necessary to send Epaphroditus to you. For he is my brother, coworker and fellow soldier, and your messenger and minister to me in my need.
2:26  Indeed, he greatly missed all of you and was distressed because you heard that he had been ill.
2:27  In fact he became so ill that he nearly died. But God showed mercy to him--and not to him only, but also to me--so that I would not have grief on top of grief.
2:28  Therefore I am all the more eager to send him, so that when you see him again you can rejoice and I can be free from anxiety.
2:29  So welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honor people like him,
2:30  since it was because of the work of Christ that he almost died. He risked his life so that he could make up for your inability to serve me.