Philippians 2

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 If there is any encouragement in Christ, any solace in love, any participation in the Spirit, any compassion and mercy,	1 Therefore, if there is any consolation in Christ, any solace of charity, any fellowship of the Spirit, any feelings of commiseration:
2 complete my joy by being of the same mind, with the same love, united in heart, thinking one thing.	2 complete my joy by having the same understanding, holding to the same charity, being of one mind, with the same 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 by contention, nor in vain glory. Instead, in humility, let each of you esteem others to be better than himself.
4 each looking out not for his own interests, but (also) everyone for those of others.	4 Let each of you not consider anything to be your own, but rather to belong to others.
5 Have among yourselves the same attitude that is also yours in Christ Jesus,	5 For this understanding in you 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, though he was in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be seized.
7 Rather, he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, coming in human likeness; and found human in appearance,	7 Instead, he emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men, and accepting the state of a man.
8 he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross.	8 He humbled himself, becoming obedient even unto death, even 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 Because of this, God has also exalted him and has given him a name which is above every name,
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth,	10 so that, at the name of Jesus, every knee would bend, of those in heaven, of those on earth, and of those in hell,
11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.	11 and so that every tongue would 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 And so, my most beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but even more so now in my absence: work toward your salvation with fear and trembling.
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 works in you, both so as to choose, and so as to act, in accord with his good will.
14 Do everything without grumbling or questioning,	14 And do everything without murmuring or hesitation.
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 So may you be without blame, simple sons of God, without reproof, in the midst of a depraved and perverse nation, among whom you shine like 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 to the Word of Life, until my glory in the day of Christ. For I have not run in vain, nor have I labored 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 Moreover, if I am to be immolated because of the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and give thanks with all of you.
18 In the same way you also should rejoice and share your joy with me.	18 And over this same thing, you also should rejoice and give thanks, together 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 Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, in order that I may be encouraged, 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 one else with such an agreeable mind, who, with sincere affection, is solicitous for you.
21 For they all seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.	21 For they all seek the things that are of themselves, not the things that are of Jesus Christ.
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 So know this evidence of him: that like a son with a father, so has 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 Therefore, I hope to send him to you immediately, as soon as I see what will happen concerning me.
24 but I am confident in the Lord that I myself will also come soon.	24 But I trust in the Lord that I myself will also return to you soon.
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 Now I have considered it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and co-worker, and fellow soldier, and an attendant to my needs, but your Apostle.
26 For he has been longing for all of you and was distressed because you heard that he was ill.	26 For certainly, he has desired all of you, and he was saddened because 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 he was sick, even unto death, but God took pity on him, and not only on him, but truly on myself also, so that I would not 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 more readily, in order that, by 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 And so, receive him with every joy in the Lord, and treat all those like him with honor.
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 For he was brought close even to death, for the sake of the work of Christ, handing over his own life, so that he might fulfill what was lacking from you concerning my service.