腓立比書 2
以基督的心為心
1 所以，在基督裏若有任何勸勉，若有任何愛心的安慰，若有任何聖靈的團契，若有任何慈悲憐憫， 2 你們就要意志相同，愛心相同，有一致的心思，一致的想法，使我的喜樂得以滿足。 3 凡事不可自私自利，不可貪圖虛榮；只要心存謙卑，各人看別人比自己強。 4 各人不要單顧自己的事，也要顧別人的事。
5 你們當以基督耶穌的心為心：
6 他本有上帝的形像， 卻不堅持自己與上帝同等t；
7 反倒虛己， 取了奴僕的形像， 成為人的樣式； 既有人的樣子，
8 就謙卑自己， 存心順服，以至於死， 且死在十字架上。
9 所以上帝把他升為至高， 又賜給他超乎萬名之上的名，
10 使一切在天上的、地上的和地底下的， 因耶穌的名， 眾膝都要跪下，
11 眾口都要宣認：
耶穌基督是主，
歸榮耀給父上帝。
在這世上像明光照耀
12 我親愛的，這樣看來，你們向來是順服的，不但我在你們那裏，就是我現在不在你們那裏的時候更是順服的，就當恐懼戰兢完成你們自己得救的事； 13 因為是上帝在你們心裏運行，使你們又立志又實行，為要成就他的美意。 14 你們無論做甚麼事，都不要發怨言起爭論， 15 好使你們無可指責，誠實無偽，在這彎曲悖謬的世代作上帝無瑕疵的兒女。你們在這世代中要像明光照耀， 16 將生命的道顯明出來，使我在基督的日子得以誇耀我沒有白跑，也沒有徒勞。 17 我以你們的信心為供獻的祭物，我若被澆獻在其上也是喜樂，並且與你們眾人一同喜樂。 18 你們也要照樣喜樂，並且與我一同喜樂。
提摩太和以巴弗提
19 我靠主耶穌希望很快能差提摩太去見你們，好讓我知道你們的事而心裏得著安慰。 20 因為我沒有別人與我同心，真正關懷你們的事。 21 其他的人都求自己的事，並不求耶穌基督的事。 22 但你們知道提摩太是經得起考驗的，他與我為了福音一同服侍，待我像兒子待父親一樣。 23 所以，我一看出我的事怎樣了結，我希望立刻差他去， 24 但我靠著主自信我不久也會去。
25 然而，我想必須差以巴弗提到你們那裏去。他是我的弟兄、同工和戰友，是你們差遣來供應我需要的。 26 他很想念t你們眾人，並且極其難過，因為你們聽見他病了。 27 他真的生病了，幾乎要死。然而上帝憐憫他，不但憐憫他，也憐憫我，免得我憂上加憂。 28 所以，我更要盡快送他回去，好讓你們再見到他而喜樂，我也可以減少憂愁。 29 故此，你們要在主裏歡歡喜喜地接待他，而且要尊重這樣的人， 30 因他為做基督的工作不顧性命，幾乎至死，為要補足你們供應我不夠的地方。
PHILIPPIANS 2
True Humility
1 Christ encourages you, and his love comforts you. God's Spirit unites you, and you are concerned for others. 2 Now make me completely happy! Live in harmony by showing love for each other. Be united in what you think, as if you were only one person. 3 Don't be jealous or proud, but be humble and consider others more important than yourselves. 4 Care about them as much as you care about yourselves
5 and think the same way that Christ Jesus thought:t
6 Christ was truly God.
But he did not try to remaint
equal with God.
7 Instead he gave up everythingt
and became a slave,
when he became
like one of us.
8 Christ was humble.
He obeyed God and even died
on a cross.
9 Then God gave Christ
the highest place
and honored his name
above all others.
10 t So at the name of Jesus
everyone will bow down,
those in heaven, on earth,
and under the earth.
11 And to the glory
of God the Father
everyone will openly agree,
“Jesus Christ is Lord!”Lights in the World
12 My dear friends, you always obeyed when I was with you. Now that I am away, you should obey even more. So work with fear and trembling to discover what it really means to be saved.
13 God is working in you to make you willing and able to obey him.
14 Do everything without grumbling or arguing. 15 t Then you will be the pure and innocent children of God. You live among people who are crooked and evil, but you must not do anything they can say is wrong. Try to shine as lights among the people of this world,
16 as you hold firmly tot the message that gives life. Then on the day when Christ returns, I can take pride in you. I can also know that my work and efforts were not useless.
17 Your faith in the Lord and your service are like a sacrifice offered to him. And my own blood may have to be poured out with the sacrifice.t If this happens, I will be glad and rejoice with you.
18 In the same way, you should be glad and rejoice with me.Timothy and Epaphroditus
19 I want to be encouraged by news about you. So I hope the Lord Jesus will soon let me send Timothy to you. 20 I don't have anyone else who cares about you as much as he does. 21 The others think only about what interests them and not about what concerns Christ Jesus. 22 But you know what kind of person Timothy is. He has worked with me like a son in spreading the good news. 23 I hope to send him to you, as soon as I find out what is going to happen to me.
24 And I feel sure the Lord will also let me come soon.
25 I think I ought to send my dear friend Epaphroditus back to you. He is a follower and a worker and a soldier of the Lord, just as I am. You sent him to look after me, 26 but now he is eager to see you. He is worried, because you heard he was sick.
27 In fact, he was very sick and almost died. But God was kind to him, and also to me, and he kept me from being burdened down with sorrow.
28 Now I am more eager than ever to send Epaphroditus back again. You will be glad to see him, and I won't have to worry any longer. 29 Be sure to give him a cheerful welcome, just as people who serve the Lord deserve. 30 He almost died working for Christ, and he risked his own life to do for me what you could not.