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The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Philippians, 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,
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Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being
of one accord, of one mind.
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Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness
of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
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Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the
things of others.
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Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
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Who,being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
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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:
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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.
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Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name
which is above every name:
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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;
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And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ
is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
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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.
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For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his
good pleasure.
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Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
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That ye maybe 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;
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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.
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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.
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For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me.
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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.
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For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your
state.
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For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's.
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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.
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Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see
how it will go with me.
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But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly.
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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.
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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.
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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:
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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.
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