1 Seepärast, kui te saate ühendusest Kristusega mingisugust julgustust, mingisugust lohutust tema armastusest, mingisugust Vaimu osadust, mingisugust kaastunnet ja halastust, 2 siis tehke mu rõõm täielikuks sellega, et te mõtlete ühtviisi, armastate sama armastusega, olete samas Vaimus ja meeles. 3 Ärge tehke midagi kiusu ega auahnuse pärast, vaid pidage alandlikkuses üksteist ülemaks endast. 4 Ärge tegutsege üksnes enda, vaid ka teiste huvides!

5 Suhtes üksteisega olge sama mõtteviisiga kui Kristus Jeesus:

6 kes, olles Jumala kuju,

ei hoidnud kinni õigusest olla Jumalaga võrdne,

7 vaid tegi end tühiseks,

võttes orja kuju,

saades inimese sarnaseks.

8 Ja kui ta leiti inimese sarnasena,

alandas ta iseennast,

saades kuulekaks surmani –

koguni ristisurmani.

9 Seetõttu on Jumal tõstnud ta kõige kõrgemale

ja andnud talle nime üle kõigi nimede,

10 et Jeesuse nime ees nõtkuks iga põlv

nii taevas, maa peal kui ka maa all

11 ja iga suu tunnistaks, et Jeesus Kristus on Issand,

Jumala Isa kirkuseks.

12 Seepärast, mu armsad, nõnda nagu te alati olete olnud kuulekad, mitte ainult minu juuresolekul, vaid palju enam nüüd mu äraolekul, pingutage oma pääste nimel kartuse ja värinaga! 13 Sest Jumal töötab teis, et teie soovid ja teod vastaksid tema headele eesmärkidele.

14 Tehke kõike ilma nurisemata ja vaidlemata, 15 et te oleksite laitmatud ja puhtad, veatud Jumala lapsed keset nurjatut ja pöörast sugupõlve, kelle seas te särate otsekui tähed ilmaruumis, 16 kui hoiate kinni elu sõnast. Siis on mul põhjust kiidelda Kristuse päeval, et ma ei ole asjata jooksnud ega asjata vaeva näinud. 17 Ja isegi kui mu elu valatakse välja nagu joogiohver teie usust tuleneva ohvri ja teenistuse peale, olen ma rõõmus ja tunnen rõõmu teie kõigi üle. 18 Olge siis teiegi rõõmsad ja rõõmustage koos minuga!

19 Ma loodan Issanda Jeesuse loal saata Timoteose peagi teie juurde, et minu süda saaks kinnitust, kuuldes, kuidas teil läheb. 20 Mul ei ole ju teist sellist mõttekaaslast, kes nõnda ehtsalt muretseks teie käekäigu pärast. 21 Igaühel on ju meeles oma mured, mitte see, mida Jeesus Kristus tahab. 22 Kuid Timoteose tublidus on teile teada, sest nagu poeg oma isa kõrval on ta koos minuga teeninud evangeeliumi. 23 Teda ma loodangi saata niipea, kui saan selgust oma olukorras. 24 Ent ma olen veendunud Issandas, et ka mina ise tulen peatselt.

25 Pidasin siiski vajalikuks saata teie juurde ka oma kaastöölise ja võitluskaaslase vend Epafroditose, teie apostli ja minu vajaduste eest hoolitseja, 26 sest ta igatses teie järele ja oli tusane, et te pidite kuulma ta haigestumisest. 27 Ta oli ju tõesti haige ja suremas, kuid Jumal halastas ta peale, õieti mitte ainult tema, vaid ka minu peale, et mind ei tabaks üks kurvastus teise järel. 28 Seepärast ma saadan ta võimalikult ruttu, et te saaksite teda nähes jälle rõõmsaks ja minagi ei peaks nõnda palju kurvastuma. 29 Võtke ta siis vastu Issandas täie rõõmuga ja pidage selliseid mehi au sees, 30 sest ta oli Kristuse töö pärast surmasuus, seades oma elu ohtu, et täita teie osa minu teenimises.

1 If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, 2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. 3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. 4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. 5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. 9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; 11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

12 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. 13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. 14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings: 15 That ye may be 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; 16 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. 17 Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all. 18 For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me.

19 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. 20 For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state. 21 For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s. 22 But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel. 23 Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me. 24 But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly. 25 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. 26 For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick. 27 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. 28 I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful. 29 Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation: 30 Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.