1 If therefore any exhortation is in Christ, if any encouragement of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
2 fulfill my joy, that ye may think the same way, having the same love, being knit in soul, thinking in oneness,
3 in nothing according to selfish ambition or empty conceit, but in humility considering each other surpassing yourselves.
4 Look ye out (each man) not to things of yourselves, but each man also to the things of others.
5 Indeed have this way to think in you, that also was in Christ Jesus,
6 who, existing in the form of God, did not consider being equal to God something to seize and hold.
7 But he emptied himself, having taken a form of a bondman, having become in a likeness of men.
8 And having been found in a form like a man, he lowered himself, having become obedient until death, even of death from a cross.
9 Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him the name above every name,
10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of the heavenly, and the earthly, and the sub-earthly,
11 and that every tongue should acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
12 Therefore my beloved, just as ye have always obeyed, not only as in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
13 For it is God who works in you both to desire and to work for approval.
14 Do all things without grumblings and arguments,
15 so that ye may become blameless and pure children of God, blameless in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world.
16 Holding firm the word of life, for a boast by me in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.
17 Yet even if I am poured out a libation upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.
18 And in the same way, ye also be glad and rejoice with me.
19 But I hope in Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I also may be cheerful when I know the things about you.
20 For I have no man like-minded who will genuinely care for the things about you.
21 For they all seek the things of themselves, not the things of Christ Jesus.
22 But ye know the proof of him, that, as a child to a father, he served with me for the good-news.
23 Indeed therefore I hope to send this man immediately, whenever I may focus on the things concerning me.
24 And I trust in Lord that I myself also will come soon.
25 But I considered it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and co-workman and fellow soldier, and your apostle and servant of my need,
26 since he was longing for you all, and distressed because ye heard that he was sick.
27 For also he was sick, near death, but God was merciful to him, and not only him, but also me, so that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.
28 Therefore I sent him more urgently, so that having seen him again, ye may rejoice, and I may be less sorrowful.
29 Receive him therefore in Lord with all gladness, and hold such men esteemed.
30 Because for sake of the work of the Christ he came near the point of death, handing over his life so that he might fill up the deficiency of your service toward me.
1 If ther be amoge you eny consolacion in Christ yf ther be eny cofortable love yf there be eny fellishippe of the sprete yf ther be eny copassion or mercy:
2 fulfyll my ioye that ye drawe one waye havinge one love beynge of one accorde and of one mynde
3 that nothinge be done thorow stryfe or vayne glory but that in mekenes of mynde every man esteme other better then him selfe
4 and that no man consyder his awne but what is mete for other.
5 Let the same mynde be in you that was in Christ Iesu:
6 Which beynge in the shape of god and thought it not robbery to be equall with god.
7 Neverthelesse he made him silfe of no reputacion and toke on him the shape of a servaunte and became lyke vnto men
8 and was founde in his aparell as a man. He humbled him silfe and became obediet vnto ye deeth even the deeth of the crosse.
9 Wherfore god hath exalted him and geve him a name above all names:
10 that in the name of Iesus shuld every knee bowe bothe of thinges in heve and thinges in erth and thinges vnder erth
11 and that all tonges shuld confesse that Iesus Christ is the lorde vnto the prayse of God the father.
12 Wherfore my dearly beloved as ye have al ways obeyed not when I was present only but now moche more in myne absence even so worke out youre awne saluacio with feare and tremblynge.
13 For it is god which worketh in you both ye will and also yt dede eve of good will
14 Do all thynge with out murmurynge and disputynge
15 that ye maye be fautelesse and pure and the sonnes of God with out rebuke in ye middes of a croked and a perverse nacion amonge which se that ye shyne as lightes in the worlde
16 holdinge fast the worde of lyfe vnto my reioysynge in ye daye of Christ that I have not runne in vayne nether have labored in vayne.
17 Yee and though I be offered vp vpon the offerynge and sacrifice of youre fayth: I reioyce and reioyce with you all.
18 For the same cause also reioyce ye and reioyce ye with me.
19 I trust in the lorde Iesus for to sende Timotheus shortly vnto you that I also maye be of good comforte when I knowe what case ye stonde in.
20 For I have no ma that is so lyke mynded to me which with so pure affeccio careth for youre matters.
21 For all other seke ytir awne and not that which is Iesus Christes
22 Ye knowe the proffe of him howe that as a sone with the father so with me bestowed he his labour apon the gospell.
23 Him I hope to sende assone as I knowe how it will go with me.
24 I trust in the lorde I also my silfe shall come shortly.
25 I supposed it necessary to sende brother Epaphroditus vnto you my companion in laboure and felowe soudier youre Apostel and my minister at my nedes.
26 For he longed after you and was full of hevines because that ye had hearde saye that he shuld be sicke.
27 And no doute he was sicke and that nye vnto deeth. But god had mercy on him: not on him only but on me also lest I shuld have had sorowe apon sorowe.
28 I sent him therfore the diligentliar that when ye shuld se him ye myght reioyce agayne and I myght be the lesse sorowfull.
29 Receave him therfore in the lorde with all gladnes and make moche of soche:
30 because that for ye worke of Christ he went so farre that he was nye vnto deeth and regarded not his lyfe to fulfill that service which was lackynge on youre parte towarde me.