Philippians 2

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 If there is any encouragement in Christ, any solace in love, any participation in the Spirit, any compassion and mercy,	1 If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of charity, if any society of the spirit, if any bowels of commiseration:
2 complete my joy by being of the same mind, with the same love, united in heart, thinking one thing.	2 Fulfil ye my joy, that you may be of one mind, having the same charity, being of one accord, agreeing in sentiment.
3 Do nothing out of selfishness or out of vainglory; rather, humbly regard others as more important than yourselves,	3 Let nothing be done through contention, neither by vain glory: but in humility, let each esteem others better than themselves:
4 each looking out not for his own interests, but (also) everyone for those of others.	4 Each one not considering the things that are his own, but those that are other men's.
5 Have among yourselves the same attitude that is also yours in Christ Jesus,	5 For let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
6 Who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to be grasped.	6 Who being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
7 Rather, he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, coming in human likeness; and found human in appearance,	7 But emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men, and in habit found as a man.
8 he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross.	8 He humbled himself, becoming obedient unto death, even to the death of the cross.
9 Because of this, God greatly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name,	9 For which cause God also hath exalted him, and hath given him a name which is above all names:
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth,	10 That in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those that are in heaven, on earth, and under the earth:
11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.	11 And that every tongue should confess that the Lord Jesus Christ is in the glory of God the Father.
12 So then, my beloved, obedient as you have always been, not only when I am present but all the more now when I am absent, work out your salvation with fear and trembling.	12 Wherefore, my dearly beloved, (as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but much more now in my absence,) with fear and trembling work out your salvation.
13 For God is the one who, for his good purpose, works in you both to desire and to work.	13 For it is God who worketh in you, both to will and to accomplish, according to his good will.
14 Do everything without grumbling or questioning,	14 And do ye all things without murmurings and hesitations;
15 that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine like lights in the world,	15 That you may be blameless, and sincere children of God, without reproof, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation; among whom you shine as lights in the world.
16 as you hold on to the word of life, so that my boast for the day of Christ may be that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.	16 Holding forth the word of life to my glory in the day of Christ, because I have not run in vain, nor laboured in vain.
17 But, even if I am poured out as a libation upon the sacrificial service of your faith, I rejoice and share my joy with all of you.	17 Yea, and if I be made a victim upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and congratulate with you all.
18 In the same way you also should rejoice and share your joy with me.	18 And for the selfsame thing do you also rejoice, and congratulate with me.
19 I hope, in the Lord Jesus, to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be heartened by hearing news of you.	19 And I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy unto you shortly, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know the things concerning you.
20 For I have no one comparable to him for genuine interest in whatever concerns you.	20 For I have no man so of the same mind, who with sincere affection is solicitous for you.
21 For they all seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.	21 For all seek the things that are their own; not the things that are Jesus Christ's.
22 But you know his worth, how as a child with a father he served along with me in the cause of the gospel.	22 Now know ye the proof of him, that as a son with the father, so hath he served with me in the gospel.
23 He it is, then, whom I hope to send as soon as I see how things go with me,	23 Him therefore I hope to send unto you immediately, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me.
24 but I am confident in the Lord that I myself will also come soon.	24 And I trust in the Lord, that I myself also shall come to you shortly.
25 With regard to Epaphroditus, my brother and co-worker and fellow soldier, your messenger and minister in my need, I consider it necessary to send him to you.	25 But I have thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow labourer, and fellow soldier, but your apostle, and he that hath ministered to my wants.
26 For he has been longing for all of you and was distressed because you heard that he was ill.	26 For indeed he longed after you all: and was sad, for that you had heard that he was sick.
27 He was indeed ill, close to death; but God had mercy on him, not just on him but also on me, so that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.	27 For indeed he was sick, nigh unto death; but God had mercy on him; and not only on him, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.
28 I send him therefore with the greater eagerness, so that, on seeing him, you may rejoice again, and I may have less anxiety.	28 Therefore I sent him the more speedily: that seeing him again, you may rejoice, and I may be without sorrow.
29 Welcome him then in the Lord with all joy and hold such people in esteem,	29 Receive him therefore with all joy in the Lord; and treat with honour such as he is.
30 because for the sake of the work of Christ he came close to death, risking his life to make up for those services to me that you could not perform.	30 Because for the work of Christ he came to the point of death: delivering his life, that he might fulfil that which on your part was wanting towards my service.