Philippians 2

NEW JERUSALEM	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 So if in Christ there is anything that will move you, any incentive in love, any fel owship in the Spirit, anywarmth or sympathy -- I appeal to you,	1 If there is any encouragement in Christ, any solace in love, any participation in the Spirit, any compassion and mercy,
2 make my joy complete by being of a single mind, one in love, one in heart and one in mind.	2 complete my joy by being of the same mind, with the same love, united in heart, thinking one thing.
3 Nothing is to be done out of jealousy or vanity; instead, out of humility of mind everyone should givepreference to others,	3 Do nothing out of selfishness or out of vainglory; rather, humbly regard others as more important than yourselves,
4 everyone pursuing not selfish interests but those of others.	4 each looking out not for his own interests, but (also) everyone for those of others.
5 Make your own the mind of Christ Jesus:	5 Have among yourselves the same attitude that is also yours in Christ Jesus,
6 Who, being in the form of God, did not count equality with God something to be grasped.	6 Who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to be grasped.
7 But he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, becoming as human beings are; and being in everyway like a human being,	7 Rather, he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, coming in human likeness; and found human in appearance,
8 he was humbler yet, even to accepting death, death on a cross.	8 he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross.
9 And for this God raised him high, and gave him the name which is above al other names;	9 Because of this, God greatly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name,
10 so that al beings in the heavens, on earth and in the underworld, should bend the knee at the name ofJesus	10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11 and that every tongue should acknowledge Jesus Christ as Lord, to the glory of God the Father.	11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
12 So, my dear friends, you have always been obedient; your obedience must not be limited to timeswhen I am present. Now that I am absent it must be more in evidence, so work out your salvation in fear andtrembling.	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.
13 It is God who, for his own generous purpose, gives you the intention and the powers to act.	13 For God is the one who, for his good purpose, works in you both to desire and to work.
14 Let your behaviour be free of murmuring and complaining	14 Do everything without grumbling or questioning,
15 so that you remain faultless and pure, unspoilt children of God surrounded by a deceitful andunderhand brood, shining out among them like bright stars in the world,	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,
16 proffering to it the Word of life. Then I shall have reason to be proud on the Day of Christ, for it wil notbe for nothing that I have run the race and toiled so hard.	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.
17 Indeed, even if my blood has to be poured as a libation over your sacrifice and the offering of yourfaith, then I shal be glad and join in your rejoicing-	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.
18 and in the same way, you must be glad and join in my rejoicing.	18 In the same way you also should rejoice and share your joy with me.
19 I hope, in the Lord Jesus, to send Timothy to you soon, so that my mind may be set at rest when I hearhow you are.	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.
20 There is nobody else that I can send who is like him and cares as sincerely for your well-being;	20 For I have no one comparable to him for genuine interest in whatever concerns you.
21 they al want to work for themselves, not for Jesus Christ.	21 For they all seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
22 But you know what sort of person he has proved himself, working with me for the sake of the gospellike a son with his father.	22 But you know his worth, how as a child with a father he served along with me in the cause of the gospel.
23 That is the man, then, that I am hoping to send to you immediately I can make out what is going tohappen to me;	23 He it is, then, whom I hope to send as soon as I see how things go with me,
24 but I am confident in the Lord that I shal come myself, too, before long.	24 but I am confident in the Lord that I myself will also come soon.
25 Nevertheless I thought it essential to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fel ow-worker andcompanion-in-arms since he came as your representative to look after my needs;	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.
26 because he was missing you al and was worrying because you had heard that he was il .	26 For he has been longing for all of you and was distressed because you heard that he was ill.
27 Indeed he was seriously il and nearly died; but God took pity on him -- and not only on him but also onme, to spare me one grief on top of another.	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.
28 So I am sending him back as promptly as I can so that you wil have the joy of seeing him again, andthat wil be some comfort to me in my distress.	28 I send him therefore with the greater eagerness, so that, on seeing him, you may rejoice again, and I may have less anxiety.
29 Welcome him in the Lord, then, with al joy; hold people like him in honour,	29 Welcome him then in the Lord with all joy and hold such people in esteem,
30 because it was for Christ's work that he came so near to dying, risking his life to do the duty to mewhich you could not do yourselves.	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.