1 ¶ Therefore if there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of charity, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

If, then, any exhortation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

2 f ulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same charity, unanimous, minding the one thing.

fulfil ye my joy, that ye may mind the same thing -- having the same love -- of one soul -- minding the one thing,

3 L et nothing be done through strife or vainglory, but in humility let each esteem others better than themselves,

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves --

4 w ith each one not looking to their own things, but also to the things of others.

each not to your own look ye, but each also to the things of others.

5 L et this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus,

For, let this mind be in you that also in Christ Jesus,

6 w ho, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God,

who, being in the form of God, thought not robbery to be equal to God,

7 b ut emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, made in the likeness of men,

but did empty himself, the form of a servant having taken, in the likeness of men having been made,

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

and in fashion having been found as a man, he humbled himself, having become obedient unto death -- death even of a cross,

9 T herefore, God also has highly exalted him and given him a name which is above every name,

wherefore, also, God did highly exalt him, and gave to him a name that above every name,

10 t hat at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven and things in earth and things under the earth,

that in the name of Jesus every knee may bow -- of heavenlies, and earthlies, and what are under the earth --

11 a nd that every tongue should confess that the Lord Jesus Christ is Lord in the glory of God the Father.

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

12 ¶ Therefore, my beloved, as ye have always hearkened, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own saving health with fear and trembling.

So that, my beloved, as ye always obey, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, with fear and trembling your own salvation work out,

13 F or it is God who works in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

for God it is who is working in you both to will and to work for His good pleasure.

14 ¶ Do all things without murmurings and doubts,

All things do without murmurings and reasonings,

15 t hat ye may be blameless and innocent, children of God without rebuke in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world,

that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God, unblemished in the midst of a generation crooked and perverse, among whom ye do appear as luminaries in the world,

16 h olding fast the word of life, that I may glory in the day of Christ that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

the word of life holding forth, for rejoicing to me in regard to a day of Christ, that not in vain did I run, nor in vain did I labour;

17 A nd even if I am poured out as an offering upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy and rejoice with you all.

but if also I am poured forth upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and joy with you all,

18 F or the same cause ye also have joy and rejoice with me.

because of this do ye also rejoice and joy with me.

19 B ut I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort when I know your state.

And I hope, in the Lord Jesus, Timotheus to send quickly to you, that I also may be of good spirit, having known the things concerning you,

20 F or I have no one likeminded, who will naturally care for your state.

for I have no one like-minded, who sincerely for the things concerning you will care,

21 F or all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s.

for the whole seek their own things, not the things of the Christ Jesus,

22 B ut ye know the proof of him, that as a son with the father, he has served with me in the gospel.

and the proof of him ye know, that as a child a father, with me he did serve in regard to the good news;

23 T herefore, I hope to send him presently, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me.

him, indeed, therefore, I hope to send, when I may see through the things concerning me -- immediately;

24 B ut I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly.

and I trust in the Lord that I myself also shall quickly come.

25 Y et 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 needs.

And I thought necessary Epaphroditus -- my brother, and fellow-workman, and fellow-soldier, and your apostle and servant to my need -- to send unto you,

26 F or he longed after you all and was full of heaviness, because ye had heard that he had been sick

seeing he was longing after you all, and in heaviness, because ye heard that he ailed,

27 F or indeed he was sick near unto death, but God had mercy on him and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

for he also ailed nigh to death, but God did deal kindly with him, and not with him only, but also with me, that sorrow upon sorrow I might not have.

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

The more eagerly, therefore, I did send him, that having seen him again ye may rejoice, and I may be the less sorrowful;

29 R eceive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness and esteem such

receive him, therefore, in the Lord, with all joy, and hold such in honour,

30 b ecause for the work of the Christ he was near unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.

because on account of the work of the Christ he drew near to death, having hazarded the life that he might fill up your deficiency of service unto me.