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If there be therefore[G3767]any[G1536]consolation[G3874]in[G1722]Christ[G5547], if any[G1536]comfort[G3890] of love[G26], if any[G1536]fellowship[G2842] of the Spirit[G4151], if any[G1536]bowels[G4698]and[G2532]mercies[G3628],
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Fulfil ye[G4137]my[G3450]joy[G5479], that[G2443]ye[G4137] be likeminded[G846], having[G2192] the same[G846]love[G26], being of one[G1520]accord[G4861], of one[G1520]mind[G5426].
3Let[G2233]nothing[G3367] be done through[G2596]strife[G2052]or[G2228]vainglory[G2754]; but[G235] in lowliness of mind[G5012]let[G2233]each[G240]esteem[G2233]other[G240] better than[G5242]themselves[G1438].
4Look[G4648]not[G3361] every man[G1538] on his own things[G1438], but[G235] every man[G1538]also[G2532] on the things[G3588] of others[G2087].
5Let[G5426]this[G5124] mind be[G5426]in[G1722]you[G5213], which[G3739] was also[G2532]in[G1722]Christ[G5547]Jesus[G2424]:
6Who[G3739], being[G5225]in[G1722] the form[G3444] of God[G2316], thought it[G2233]not[G3756]robbery[G725] to be[G1511]equal[G2470] with God[G2316]:
7But[G235]made[G2758]himself[G1438] of no reputation[G2758], and took upon him[G2983] the form[G3444] of a servant[G1401], and was made[G1096]in[G1722] the likeness[G3667] of men[G444]:
8And[G2532] being found[G2147] in fashion[G4976]as[G5613] a man[G444], he humbled[G5013]himself[G1438], and[G2532]became[G1096]obedient[G5255]unto[G3360]death[G2288], even[G1161] the death[G2288] of the cross[G4716].
9Wherefore[G1352]God[G2316]also[G2532] hath highly exalted[G5251]him[G846], and[G2532]given[G5483]him[G846] a name[G3686]which[G3588] is above[G5228]every[G3956]name[G3686]:
10That[G2443]at[G1722] the name[G3686] of Jesus[G2424]every[G3956]knee[G1119] should bow[G2578], of things in heaven[G2032], and[G2532] things in earth[G1919], and[G2532] things under the earth[G2709];
11And[G2532]that[G3754]every[G3956]tongue[G1100] should confess[G1843]that[G3754]Jesus[G2424]Christ[G5547] is Lord[G2962], to[G1519] the glory[G1391] of God[G2316] the Father[G3962].
12Wherefore[G5620], my[G3450]beloved[G27], as[G2531] ye have[G5219]always[G3842]obeyed[G5219], not[G3361]as[G5613]in[G1722]my[G3450]presence[G3952]only[G3440], but[G235]now[G3568]much[G4183]more[G3123]in[G1722]my[G3450]absence[G666], work out[G2716] your own[G1438]salvation[G4991]with[G3326]fear[G5401]and[G2532]trembling[G5156].
13For[G1063] it is[G2076]God[G2316]which[G3588]worketh[G1754]in[G1722]you[G5213]both[G2532] to will[G2309]and[G2532] to do[G1754]of[G5228] his good pleasure[G2107].
14Do[G4160] all things[G3956]without[G5565]murmurings[G1112]and[G2532]disputings[G1261]:
15That[G2443] ye may be[G1096]blameless[G273]and[G2532]harmless[G185], the sons[G5043] of God[G2316], without rebuke[G298], in[G1722] the midst[G3319] of a crooked[G4646]and[G2532]perverse[G1294]nation[G1074], among[G1722]whom[G3739] ye shine[G5316]as[G5613]lights[G5458]in[G1722] the world[G2889];
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Holding forth[G1907] the word[G3056] of life[G2222]; that[G1519]I[G1698] may rejoice[G2745]in[G1519] the day[G2250] of Christ[G5547], that[G3754]I[G1698]have[G5143]not[G3756]run[G5143]in[G1519]vain[G2756], neither[G3761]laboured[G2872]in[G1519]vain[G2756].
17Yea[G235], and[G2532]if[G1499] I be offered[G4689]upon[G1909] the sacrifice[G2378]and[G2532]service[G3009] of your[G5216]faith[G4102], I joy[G5463], and[G2532] rejoice with[G4796]you[G5213]all[G3956].
18For[G1161] the same cause[G846]also[G2532]do[G5463]ye[G5210]joy[G5463], and[G2532] rejoice with[G4796]me[G3427].
19But[G1161] I trust[G1679]in[G1722] the Lord[G2962]Jesus[G2424] to send[G3992]Timotheus[G5095]shortly[G5030] unto you[G5213], that[G2443] I also[G2504] may be of good comfort[G2174], when I know[G1097]your[G5216]state[G4012].
20For[G1063] I have[G2192] no man[G3762]likeminded[G2473], who[G3748] will naturally[G1104]care[G3309]for[G1063]your[G5216]state[G4012].
21For[G1063]all[G3956]seek[G2212] their own[G1438], not[G3756] the things which are[G3588]Jesus[G2424] Christ's.
22But[G1161] ye know[G1097] the proof[G1382] of him[G846], that[G3754], as[G5613] a son[G5043]with[G4862] the father[G3962], he hath served[G1398]with[G4862]me[G1698]in[G1519] the gospel[G2098].
23Him[G3303]therefore[G3767]I[G302]hope[G1679] to send[G3992]presently[G1824], so soon as[G5613]I[G302] shall see[G542]how[G4012] it will go with me[G1691].
24But[G1161]I[G2064]trust[G3982]in[G1722] the Lord[G2962]that[G3754]I[G2064]also[G2532]myself[G846] shall come[G2064]shortly[G5030].
25Yet[G1161] I supposed[G2233] it necessary[G316]to[G4314]send[G3992]to[G4314]you[G5209]Epaphroditus[G1891], my[G3450]brother[G80], and[G2532] companion in labour[G4904], and[G2532]fellowsoldier[G4961], but[G1161]your[G5216]messenger[G652], and[G2532] he that ministered[G3011]to[G4314]my[G3450]wants[G5532].
26For[G1894]he[G2258] longed after[G1971]you[G5209]all[G3956], and[G2532] was full of heaviness[G85], because[G1360]that[G3754] ye had heard[G191]that[G3754]he[G2258] had been sick[G770].
27For[G1063]indeed[G2532] he was sick[G770]nigh[G3897] unto death[G2288]: but[G235]God[G2316] had mercy[G1653] on him[G846]; and[G1161]not[G3756] on him[G846]only[G3440], but[G235] on me[G1691]also[G2532], lest[G3363] I should have[G2192]sorrow[G3077]upon[G1909]sorrow[G3077].
28I[G2504]sent[G3992]him[G846]therefore[G3767] the more carefully[G4708], that[G2443], when ye see[G1492]him[G846]again[G3825], ye may rejoice[G5463], and that[G2443]I[G2504] may be[G5600] the less sorrowful[G253].
29Receive[G4327]him[G846]therefore[G3767]in[G1722] the Lord[G2962]with[G3326]all[G3956]gladness[G5479]; and[G2532]hold[G2192]such[G5108]in[G1722]reputation[G1784]:
30Because[G3754]for[G1223] the work[G2041] of Christ[G5547] he was nigh[G1448]unto[G3360]death[G2288], not regarding[G3851] his life[G5590], to[G2443]supply[G378]your[G5216]lack[G5303] of service[G3009]toward[G4314]me[G3165].