Philippians 2

The Example of Christ's Humility Philippians 2:5–11

⁵Verse 5. Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus, ⁶Verse 6. who, existing in the form of God, didn’t consider equality with God a thing to be grasped, ⁷Verse 7. but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men. ⁸Verse 8. And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross. ⁹Verse 9. Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name; ¹⁰Verse 10. that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth,

¹¹Verse 11. and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Working Out Salvation Philippians 2:12–18

¹²Verse 12. So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. ¹³Verse 13. For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure. ¹⁴Verse 14. Do all things without murmurings and disputes, ¹⁵Verse 15. that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the middle of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world, ¹⁶Verse 16. holding up the word of life; that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn’t run in vain nor labor in vain.

¹⁷Verse 17. Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all. ¹⁸Verse 18. In the same way, you also rejoice, and rejoice with me.

Commendation of Timothy and Epaphroditus Philippians 2:19–30

¹⁹Verse 19. But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered up when I know how you are doing. ²⁰Verse 20. For I have no one else like-minded, who will truly care about you. ²¹Verse 21. For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ. ²²Verse 22. But you know the proof of him, that, as a child serves a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the Good News. ²³Verse 23. Therefore I hope to send him at once, as soon as I see how it will go with me. ²⁴Verse 24. But I trust in the Lord that I myself also will come shortly.

²⁵Verse 25. But I counted it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, fellow soldier, and your apostle and servant of my need; ²⁶Verse 26. since he longed for you all, and was very troubled, because you had heard that he was sick. ²⁷Verse 27. For indeed he was sick, nearly to death, but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow on sorrow. ²⁸Verse 28. I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that, when you see him again, you may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful. ²⁹Verse 29. Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and hold such in honor,

³⁰Verse 30. because for the work of Christ he came near to death, risking his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.