1 I f, then, any exhortation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

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

fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

3 n othing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves --

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

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

Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

5 F or, let this mind be in you that also in Christ Jesus,

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

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

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

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

but made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

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

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

9 w herefore, also, God did highly exalt him, and gave to him a name that above every name,

Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:

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

that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;

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

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

12 S o 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,

Wherefore, my beloved, as ye 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.

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

For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

14 A ll things do without murmurings and reasonings,

Do all things without murmurings and disputings:

15 t hat 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,

that ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

16 t he 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;

holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

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

Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.

18 b ecause of this do ye also rejoice and joy with me.

For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me.

19 A nd 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,

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

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

For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state.

21 f or the whole seek their own things, not the things of the Christ Jesus,

For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s.

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

But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.

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

Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me.

24 a nd I trust in the Lord that I myself also shall quickly come.

But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly.

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

Yet 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 wants.

26 s eeing he was longing after you all, and in heaviness, because ye heard that he ailed,

For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.

27 f or 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.

For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

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

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

29 r eceive him, therefore, in the Lord, with all joy, and hold such in honour,

Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation:

30 b ecause 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.

because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.