Philippians 1:27-2:30

New King James Version

Striving and Suffering for Christ

²⁷Only ^(A)let your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, ^(B)with one mind ^(C)striving together for the faith of the gospel, ²⁸and not in any way terrified by your adversaries, which is to them a proof of perdition, but ^[a]to you of salvation, and that from God. ²⁹For to you ^(D)it has been granted on behalf of Christ, ^(E)not only to believe in Him, but also to ^(F)suffer for His sake, ³⁰^(G)having the same conflict ^(H)which you saw in me and now hear is in me.

Unity Through Humility

2 Therefore if there is any ^[b]consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any ^(I)affection and mercy, ²^(J)fulfill my joy ^(K)by being like-minded, having the same love, being of ^(L)one accord, of one mind. ³^(M)Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but ^(N)in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. ⁴^(O)Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of ^(P)others.

The Humbled and Exalted Christ

⁵^(Q)Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, ⁶who, ^(R)being in the form of God, did not consider it ^[c]robbery to be equal with God, ⁷^(S)but ^[d]made Himself of no reputation, taking the form ^(T)of a bondservant, and ^(U)coming in the likeness of men. ⁸And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and ^(V)became ^(W)obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. ⁹^(X)Therefore God also ^(Y)has highly exalted Him and ^(Z)given Him the name which is above every name, ¹⁰^(AA)that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, ¹¹and ^(AB)that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Light Bearers

¹²Therefore, my beloved, ^(AC)as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, ^(AD)work out your own salvation with ^(AE)fear and trembling; ¹³for ^(AF)it is God who works in you both to will and to do ^(AG)for His good pleasure.

¹⁴Do all things ^(AH)without ^[e]complaining and ^(AI)disputing,^[f] ¹⁵that you may become blameless and ^[g]harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as ^(AJ)lights in the world, ¹⁶holding fast the word of life, so that ^(AK)I may rejoice in the day of Christ that ^(AL)I have not run in vain or labored in ^(AM)vain.

¹⁷Yes, and if ^(AN)I am being poured out as a drink offering on the sacrifice ^(AO)and service of your faith, ^(AP)I am glad and rejoice with you all. ¹⁸For the same reason you also be glad and rejoice with me.

Timothy Commended

¹⁹But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send ^(AQ)Timothy to you shortly, that I also may be encouraged when I know your ^[h]state. ²⁰For I have no one ^(AR)like-minded, who will sincerely care for your state. ²¹For all seek their own, not the things which are of Christ Jesus. ²²But you know his proven character, ^(AS)that as a son with his father he served with me in the gospel. ²³Therefore I hope to send him at once, as soon as I see how it goes with me. ²⁴But I trust in the Lord that I myself shall also come shortly.

Epaphroditus Praised

²⁵Yet I considered it necessary to send to you ^(AT)Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, and ^(AU)fellow soldier, ^(AV)but your messenger and ^(AW)the one who ministered to my need; ²⁶^(AX)since he was longing for you all, and was distressed because you had heard that he was sick. ²⁷For indeed he was sick almost unto death; but God had mercy on him, and not only on him but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow. ²⁸Therefore I sent him the more eagerly, that when you see him again you may rejoice, and I may be less sorrowful. ²⁹Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness, and hold such men in esteem; ³⁰because for the work of Christ he came close to death, ^[i]not regarding his life, ^(AY)to supply what was lacking in your service toward me.

Footnotes

Philippians 1:28 NU of your salvation
Philippians 2:1 Or encouragement
Philippians 2:6 Or something to be held onto to be equal
Philippians 2:7 emptied Himself of His privileges
Philippians 2:14 grumbling
Philippians 2:14 arguing
Philippians 2:15 innocent
Philippians 2:19 condition
Philippians 2:30 risking

Psalm 90

New King James Version

BOOK FOUR

Psalms 90–106

The Eternity of God, and Man’s Frailty

A Prayer ^(A)of Moses the man of God.

90 Lord, ^(B)You have been our ^[a]dwelling place in all generations.
²^(C)Before the mountains were brought forth,
Or ever You ^[b]had formed the earth and the world,
Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.

³You turn man to destruction,
And say, ^(D)“Return, O children of men.”
⁴^(E)For a thousand years in Your sight
Are like yesterday when it is past,
And like a watch in the night.
⁵You carry them away like a flood;
^(F)They are like a sleep.
In the morning ^(G)they are like grass which grows up:
⁶In the morning it flourishes and grows up;
In the evening it is cut down and withers.

⁷For we have been consumed by Your anger,
And by Your wrath we are terrified.
⁸^(H)You have set our iniquities before You,
Our ^(I)secret sins in the light of Your countenance.
⁹For all our days have passed away in Your wrath;
We finish our years like a sigh.
¹⁰The days of our lives are seventy years;
And if by reason of strength they are eighty years,
Yet their boast is only labor and sorrow;
For it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
¹¹Who knows the power of Your anger?
For as the fear of You, so is Your wrath.
¹²^(J)So teach us to number our days,
That we may gain a heart of wisdom.

¹³Return, O Lord!
How long?
And ^(K)have compassion on Your servants.
¹⁴Oh, satisfy us early with Your mercy,
^(L)That we may rejoice and be glad all our days!
¹⁵Make us glad according to the days in which You have afflicted us,
The years in which we have seen evil.
¹⁶Let ^(M)Your work appear to Your servants,
And Your glory to their children.
¹⁷^(N)And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us,
And ^(O)establish the work of our hands for us;
Yes, establish the work of our hands.