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Chapter 2
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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
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Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the
same love, being of one accord, of one mind. |
3
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Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but
in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than
themselves. |
4
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Look not every man on his own things, but every man
also on the things of others. |
5
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Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: |
6
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Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: |
7
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But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him
the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of
men: |
8
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And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself,
and became obedient unto death, even the death of the
cross. |
9
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Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given
him a name which is above every name: |
10
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That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of
things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under
the earth; |
11
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And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ
is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. |
12
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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
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For it is God which worketh in you both to will and
to do of his good pleasure. |
14
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Do all things without murmurings and disputings: |
15
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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
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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
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Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service
of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all. |
18
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For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with
me. |
19
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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
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For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care
for your state. |
21
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For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus
Christ's. |
22
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But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the
father, he hath served with me in the gospel. |
23
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Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as
I shall see how it will go with me. |
24
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But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come
shortly. |
25
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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
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For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness,
because that ye had heard that he had been sick. |
27
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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. |
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I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when
ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the
less sorrowful. |
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Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness;
and hold such in reputation: |
30
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Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death,
not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service
toward me. |
