¹⁹ for I know that ^(A)through your prayers and ^(B)the help of ^(C)the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance, ²⁰ as it is my eager expectation and hope ^(D)that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full ^(E)courage now as always Christ ^(F)will be honored in my body, ^(G)whether by life or by death. ²¹ For to me ^(H)to live is Christ, and to die is gain. ²² If I am to live in the flesh, that means fruitful labor for me. Yet which I shall choose I cannot tell. ^23 (I)I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is ^(J)to depart and ^(K)be with Christ, for that is far better. ²⁴ But to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account. ^25 (L)Convinced of this, ^(M)I know that I will remain and continue with you all, for your ^(N)progress and ^(O)joy in the faith, ²⁶ so that in me ^(P)you may have ample cause to glory in Christ Jesus, because of my coming to you again.

²⁷ Only ^(Q)let your manner of life be ^(R)worthy^[a] of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you ^(S)that you are standing firm in one spirit, with ^(T)one mind ^(U)striving side by side for the faith of the gospel, ²⁸ and not frightened in anything by your opponents. This is ^(V)a clear sign to them of their destruction, but ^(W)of your salvation, and that from God. ²⁹ For ^(X)it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also ^(Y)suffer for his sake, ³⁰ engaged in the same ^(Z)conflict that ^(AA)you saw I had and now hear that I still have.

Christ's Example of Humility

2 So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from ^(AB)love, any ^(AC)participation in the Spirit, any ^(AD)affection and sympathy, ^2 (AE)complete my joy by being ^(AF)of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. ³ Do nothing from ^(AG)selfish ambition or ^(AH)conceit, but in ^(AI)humility count others more significant than yourselves. ⁴ Let each of you ^(AJ)look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. ^5 (AK)Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,^{[b] 6 (AL)}who, though he was in ^(AM)the form of God, did not count equality with God ^(AN)a thing to be grasped,^{[c] 7} but ^(AO)emptied himself, by taking the form of a ^(AP)servant,^{[d] (AQ)}being born in the likeness of men. ⁸ And being found in human form, he humbled himself by ^(AR)becoming obedient to the point of death, ^(AS)even death on a cross. ^9 (AT)Therefore ^(AU)God has ^(AV)highly exalted him and bestowed on him ^(AW)the name that is above every name, ¹⁰ so that at the name of Jesus ^(AX)every knee should bow, ^(AY)in heaven and on earth and under the earth, ¹¹ and ^(AZ)every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is ^(BA)Lord, to the glory of God the Father.