18Or, persuasion
2: 2 make full my joy, that ye be of the same mind, having the same love, being 19of one accord, 20of one mind;
19Lit. of one soul,
20So p46B 1739 and the majority of lesser Gk. mss. But À*CA I 33 81 vg read of the same mind;
2: 3 doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself;
2: 4 not looking each of you to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.
2: 5 Have21 this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
21So ÀBCA 33 81 copsa,bo arm. p46 1739 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., vg add then
2: 6 who, existing 22in the form of God, counted not the being on an equality with God a thing to be grasped,
22Or, in the form of a god,
2: 7 but emptied himself, taking the form of a 23servant, 24being made in the likeness of men;
23Gk. bondservant,
24Gk. becoming in the likeness
2: 8 and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, becoming obedient even unto death, yes, the death of the cross.
2: 9 Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and gave unto him the name which is above every name;
2: 10 that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven and things on earth and 25things under the earth,
25Or possibly, things of the world below,
2: 11 and that every tongue 26should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
26So p46ÀB arm vg. But CA 1739 33 81 read shall
2: 12 So then, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not 27as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;
27B 33 copsa,bo arm almost alone omit as
2: 13 for it is God who worketh in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.
2: 14 Do all things without murmurings and questionings:
2: 15 that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye are seen as 28lights in the world,
28Gk. luminaries See Apocrypha Wisdom 13:2; compare Rv 21:11.
2: 16 holding forth the word of life; that I may have whereof to glory in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain neither labor in vain.
2: 17 Yes, and if I am 29offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all:
29Gk. poured out as a drink-offering upon
2: 18 and in the same manner do ye also joy, and rejoice with me.
2: 19 But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know of your state.
2: 20 For I have no man likeminded, who will care 30truly for your state.
30Gk. genuinely
2: 21 For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.
2: 22 But ye know the proof of him, that, as a child serveth a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the gospel.
2: 23 Him therefore I hope to send forthwith, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me:
2: 24 but I trust in the Lord that I myself also shall come shortly.
2: 25 But I counted it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow-worker and fellow-soldier, and your 31messenger and minister to my need;
31Gk. apostle
2: 26 since he longed 32after you all, and was sore troubled, because ye had heard that he was 33sick:
32So B 1739 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., copsa vg. But À*CA Ivid 33 81 copbo arm read to see you all,
33Perhaps from malaria, commonplace in the marshes.
2: 27 for indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.
2: 28 I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.
2: 29 Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy; and hold such in honor:
2: 30 because for the work 34of Christ he came nigh unto death, hazarding his soul to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.
34So p46B 1739 1175 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., copsa vg. ÀA 33 (81) copbo arm read of the Lord C alone omits of Christ
