Philippians 2:1-13 ▼

1 If then there is any consolation in Christ, if there is any comfort of divine love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and mercies,

2 fill my joy, that you may think the same thing, having the same divine love, being like-minded, thinking this one thing;

3 that nothing is to be according to self-seeking nor according to vain glory, but in humility esteeming one another better than yourselves;

4 looking not each after your own interests, but each after that of others.

5 Think the same thing among yourselves, which is also in Christ Jesus:

6 who, being in the form of God, thought it not usurpation to be equal with God,

7 but he humbled himself, having taken the form of a servant, being in the likeness of men; and having been found in fashion like a man;

8 he humbled himself, being obedient even unto death, yea, the death of the cross.

9 Therefore God has indeed exalted him, and given him a name above every name;

10 that at the name of Jesus every knee must bow, of things in heaven and things upon the earth and things beneath the earth,

11 and every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, unto the glory of God the Father.

12 So, my beloved brethren, as you have always harkened, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;

13 for God is the one working in you both to will and to do, of his own good pleasure.