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2 If then there is any encouragement in Christ, if any consolation of love, l if any fellowship with the Spirit, m if any affection and mercy, n 2 fulfill my joy by thinking the same way, o having the same love, p sharing the same feelings, focusing on one q goal. 3 Do nothing out of rivalry r or conceit, s but in humility t consider others as more important u than yourselves. 4 Everyone should look out not only for his own interests, v but also for the interests of others. w
Christ’s Humility and Exaltation
5 Make your own attitude that of Christ Jesus,
6 who, existing in the form of God,
did not consider equality with God x
as something to be used for His own advantage. y
7 Instead He emptied Himself z
by assuming the form of a * slave, a
taking on the likeness of men. b
And when He had come as a man
in His external form,
8 He humbled Himself by becoming obedient
to the point of death—
even to death on a cross. c
9 For this reason God highly exalted Him d
and gave Him the name
that is above every name,
10 so that at the name of Jesus
every knee will bow e—
of those who are in heaven f and on earth
and under the earth g—
11 and every tongue h should confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord, i
to the glory j of God the Father.
12 So then, my dear friends, k just as you have always obeyed, l not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. 13 For it is God who is working in you, enabling you both to desire and to work out His good purpose. 14 Do everything without grumbling m and arguing, n 15 so that you may be blameless o and pure, p children of God who are faultless q in a crooked r and perverted s generation, t among whom you shine like stars in the world. 16 Hold firmly to u the message v of life. Then I can boast w in the day of Christ x that I didn’t run or labor for nothing. 17 But even if I am poured out y as a * drink offering z on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you. 18 In the same way you should also be glad and rejoice with me.
19 Now I hope in the Lord Jesus a to send Timothy b to you soon so that I also may be encouraged when I hear news about you. 20 For I have no one else like-minded who will genuinely care about your interests; 21 all seek their own interests, c not those of Jesus Christ. d 22 But you know his proven character, because he has served with me in the gospel ministry like a son with a father. 23 Therefore, I hope to send him as soon as I see how things go with me. 24 I am convinced in the Lord that I myself will also come quickly. e
25 But I considered it necessary to send you Epaphroditus f—my brother, coworker, and fellow soldier, as well as your messenger and minister to my need g— 26 since he has been longing for all of you and was distressed because you heard that he was sick. 27 Indeed, he was so sick that he nearly died. However, God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, so that I would not have one grief on top of another. 28 For this reason, I am very eager to send him so that you may rejoice when you see him again and I may be less anxious. 29 Therefore, welcome him in the Lord with all joy and hold men like him in honor, 30 because he came close to death for the work h of Christ, risking his life to make up what was lacking in your ministry to me.
3 Finally, my * brothers, rejoice i in the Lord. To write to you again about this is no trouble for me and is a protection for you.
2 Watch out for “dogs,” j watch out for evil k workers, watch out for those who mutilate the flesh. 3 For we are the circumcision, l the ones who serve by the Spirit m of God, boast in Christ Jesus, n and do not put confidence in the flesh— 4 although I once also had confidence in the flesh. If anyone else thinks he has grounds for confidence in the flesh, I have more: 5 circumcised the eighth day; o of the nation of Israel, p of the tribe of Benjamin, q a Hebrew born of Hebrews; regarding the law, r a * Pharisee; 6 regarding zeal, s persecuting t the church; regarding the righteousness that is in the law, u blameless. v
7 But everything that was a gain to me, I have considered to be a loss because of Christ. 8 More than that, I also consider everything to be a loss in view of the surpassing value w of knowing Christ x Jesus my Lord. Because of Him I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them filth, so that I may gain Christ y 9 and be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own from the law, z but one that is through faith in Christ a—the righteousness from God based on faith. b 10 My goal is to know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, c being conformed to His death, d 11 assuming that I will somehow reach the resurrection from among the dead.
Reaching Forward to God’s Goal
12 Not that I have already reached the goal or am already fully mature, but I make every effort to take hold e of it because I also have been taken hold of by Christ Jesus. 13 Brothers, I do not f consider myself to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind g and reaching forward to what is ahead, 14 I pursue as my goal the prize promised by God’s heavenly h call in Christ Jesus. i 15 Therefore, all who are mature should think this way. And if you think differently about anything, God will reveal j this also to you. 16 In any case, we should live up to whatever truth we have attained. 17 Join in imitating me, brothers, and observe those who live according to the example you have in us. 18 For I have often told you, and now say again with tears, that many live as enemies of the cross k of Christ. 19 Their end is destruction; their god is their stomach; their glory l is in their shame. They are focused on earthly things, 20 but our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. 21 He will transform the body of our humble condition into the likeness of His glorious m body, n by the power that enables Him to subject everything to Himself.
4 So then, my * brothers, you are dearly loved and longed for—my joy and crown. o In this manner stand firm p in the Lord, dear friends. 2 I urge Euodia and I urge Syntyche to agree in the Lord. 3 Yes, I also ask you, true partner, q to help these women who have contended for the gospel at my side, along with Clement and the rest of my coworkers whose names are in the book of life. 4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5 Let your graciousness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. r 6 Don’t worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses s every thought, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. t
8 Finally brothers, whatever is true, u whatever is honorable, v whatever is just, w whatever is pure, x whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable—if there is any moral excellence y and if there is any praise—dwell on these things. 9 Do what you have learned and received z and heard and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you.
10 I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that once again a you renewed your care for me. b You were, in fact, concerned about me but lacked the opportunity to show it. 11 I don’t say this out of need, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. 12 I know both how to have a little, and I know how to have a lot. c In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of being content—whether well fed or hungry, whether in abundance or in need. 13 I am able to do all things through Him d who strengthens me. e 14 Still, you did well by sharing with me in my hardship.
15 And you Philippians f know that in the early days of the gospel, g when I left Macedonia, h no church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving except you alone. 16 For even in Thessalonica i you sent gifts for my need j several times. 17 Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the profit k l that is increasing to your account. 18 But I have received everything in full, m and I have an abundance. I am fully supplied, having received from Epaphroditus n what you provided—a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing o to God. 19 And my God p will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. 20 Now to our God and Father q be glory forever and ever. r * Amen. s
21 Greet every * saint in Christ Jesus. Those brothers who are with me greet you. 22 All the saints greet you, but especially those from Caesar’s t household. u 23 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. v w
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will, a and Timothy b our c brother:
2 To the * saints in Christ at Colossae, who are faithful * brothers.
Grace to you and peace from God our Father. d
3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4 for we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all the saints 5 because of the hope reserved for you in heaven. You have already heard about this hope in the message of truth, e the gospel 6 that has come to you. It is bearing fruit f and growing all over the world, g just as it has among you since the day you heard it and recognized God’s grace h in the truth. i j 7 You learned this from Epaphras, k our dearly loved fellow * slave. He is a faithful servant of the * Messiah l on your m behalf, 8 and he has told us about your love in the Spirit. n
9 For this reason also, since the day we heard this, we haven’t stopped praying for you. We are asking o that you may be filled with the knowledge p of His will q in all wisdom and spiritual understanding, r 10 so that you may * walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him, bearing fruit in every good work s and growing in the knowledge of God. t 11 May you be strengthened u with all power, v according to His glorious w might, for all endurance and patience, with joy 12 giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you x to share in the saints’ y inheritance in the light. z 13 He has rescued a us from the domain of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom b of the Son c He loves. d 14 We have * redemption, e the forgiveness of sins, in Him.
15 He is the image of the invisible God, f
the firstborn over all creation. g h
16 For everything was created by Him, i
in heaven and on earth,
the visible and the invisible,
whether thrones or dominions
or rulers or authorities—
all things have been created through Him and for Him. j
17 He is before all things, k
and by Him all things l hold together.
18 He is also the head of the body, the church;
He is the beginning, m
the firstborn from the dead, n
so that He might come to have
first place in everything.
19 For God was pleased to have
all His fullness o dwell in Him, p
20 and through Him to reconcile
everything to Himself
by making peace q
through the blood r of His cross s t—
whether things on earth or things in heaven.
21 Once you were alienated and hostile in your minds because of your evil actions. 22 But now He has reconciled you by His physical body u through His death, v to present you holy, faultless, w and blameless before Him x— 23 if indeed you remain grounded and steadfast in the faith y and are not shifted away from the hope z of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has been proclaimed in all creation a under heaven, b and I, Paul, c have become a servant of it.
24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings d for you, and I am completing in my flesh what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for His body, e that is, the church. 25 I have become its servant, according to God’s administration that was given to me for you, to make God’s message fully known, 26 the * mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to His saints. 27 God wanted to make known among the Gentiles the glorious wealth of this mystery, which is Christ f in you, the hope g of glory. 28 We proclaim Him, warning and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone mature in Christ. 29 I labor for this, striving h with His strength that works powerfully in me. i
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