效法基督

所以,如果你们在基督里受到鼓励,得到爱的安慰,与圣灵相通,有慈悲和怜悯之心, 就要同心合意,彼此相爱,灵里合一,思想一致,好让我的喜乐更充足。 凡事不可自私自利、爱慕虚荣,要心存谦卑,看别人比自己强。 各人不要只顾自己的事,也要为别人的需要着想。 你们应当有基督耶稣那样的心肠。

祂虽然本质上是上帝,
却没有紧紧抓住自己与上帝平等的地位不放,
反而甘愿放下一切,
取了奴仆的形象,
降生为人的样子。
祂以人的样子出现后,
就自愿卑微,顺服至死,
而且死在十字架上。
因此,上帝将祂升为至尊,
赐给祂超乎万名之上的名,
10 使一切天上的、
地上的和地底下的,
无不屈膝跪拜在耶稣的名下,
11 无不口称耶稣基督是主,
将荣耀归于父上帝。

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效法基督

所以,如果你們在基督裡受到鼓勵,得到愛的安慰,與聖靈相通,有慈悲和憐憫之心, 就要同心合意,彼此相愛,靈裡合一,思想一致,好讓我的喜樂更充足。 凡事不可自私自利、愛慕虛榮,要心存謙卑,看別人比自己強。 各人不要只顧自己的事,也要為別人的需要著想。 你們應當有基督耶穌那樣的心腸。

祂雖然本質上是上帝,
卻沒有緊緊抓住自己與上帝平等的地位不放,
反而甘願放下一切,
取了奴僕的形像,
降生為人的樣子。
祂以人的樣子出現後,
就自願卑微,順服至死,
而且死在十字架上。
因此,上帝將祂升為至尊,
賜給祂超乎萬名之上的名,
10 使一切天上的、
地上的和地底下的,
無不屈膝跪拜在耶穌的名下,
11 無不口稱耶穌基督是主,
將榮耀歸於父上帝。

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Imitating Christ’s Humility

Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit,(A) if any tenderness and compassion,(B) then make my joy complete(C) by being like-minded,(D) having the same love, being one(E) in spirit and of one mind. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit.(F) Rather, in humility value others above yourselves,(G) not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.(H)

In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:(I)

Who, being in very nature[a] God,(J)
    did not consider equality with God(K) something to be used to his own advantage;
rather, he made himself nothing(L)
    by taking the very nature[b] of a servant,(M)
    being made in human likeness.(N)
And being found in appearance as a man,
    he humbled himself
    by becoming obedient to death(O)
        even death on a cross!(P)

Therefore God exalted him(Q) to the highest place
    and gave him the name that is above every name,(R)
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,(S)
    in heaven and on earth and under the earth,(T)
11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,(U)
    to the glory of God the Father.

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 2:6 Or in the form of
  2. Philippians 2:7 Or the form