1If there is therefore any exhortation in Al-Masih, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassions, 2make full my joy, that ye be of the same mind, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind; 3doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself; 4not looking each of you to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others. 5Have this mind in you, which was also in [Prophet] Isa al-Masih [pbuh]: 6who, existing in the form of Elokim, counted not the being on an equality with Elokim a thing to be grasped, 7but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men; 8and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, becoming obedient even unto death, yea, the death of the Tree. 9Wherefore also Elokim highly exalted him, and gave unto him the name which is above every name; 10that in the name of [Prophet] Isa [al-Masih pbuh]every knee should bow, of things in heaven and things on earth and things under the earth, 11and that every tongue should confess that [Prophet] Isa al-Masih [pbuh] is Lord, to the glory of Elokim the Father.

12So then, my beloved, even 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; 13for it is Elokim who worketh in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.

14Do all things without murmurings and questionings: 15that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of Elokim without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye are seen as lights in the world, 16holding forth the word of life; that I may have whereof to glory in the day of Al-Masih, that I did not run in vain neither labor in vain. 17Yea, and if I am offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all: 18and in the same manner do ye also joy, and rejoice with me.

19But I hope in HaAdon [Prophet] Isa [al-Masih pbuh]to send Timothy shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state. 20For I have no man likeminded, who will care truly for your state. 21For they all seek their own, not the things of [Prophet] Isa al-Masih [pbuh]. 22But ye know the proof of him, that, as a child serveth a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the Holy Injil. 23Him therefore I hope to send forthwith, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me: 24but I trust in HaAdon that I myself also shall come shortly. 25But I counted it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow-worker and fellow-soldier, and your messenger and minister to my need; 26since he longed after you all, and was sore troubled, because ye had heard that he was sick: 27for indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but Elokim had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow. 28I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful. 29Receive him therefore in HaAdon with all joy; and hold such in honor: 30because for the work of Al-Masih he came nigh unto death, hazarding his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.