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Philippians 2:5-16
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Philippians 2:5-16
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Christ’s Humility and Exaltation
5 Make your own attitude that of Christ Jesus,
6 who, existing in the form of God,
did not consider equality with God(A)
as something to be used for His own advantage.[a]
7 Instead He emptied Himself(B)
by assuming the form of a slave,(C)
taking on the likeness of men.(D)
And when He had come as a man
in His external form,
8 He humbled Himself by becoming obedient
to the point of death—
even to death on a cross.(E)
9 For this reason God highly exalted Him(F)
and gave Him the name
that is above every name,
10 so that at the name of Jesus
every knee will bow(G)—
of those who are in heaven(H) and on earth
and under the earth(I)—
11 and every tongue(J) should confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord,[b]
to the glory(K) of God the Father.
Lights in the World
12 So then, my dear friends,(L) just as you have always obeyed,(M) not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. 13 For it is God who is working in you, enabling you both to desire and to work out His good purpose. 14 Do everything without grumbling(N) and arguing,(O) 15 so that you may be blameless(P) and pure,(Q) children of God who are faultless(R) in a crooked(S) and perverted(T) generation,(U) among whom you shine like stars in the world. 16 Hold firmly to[c] the message(V) of life. Then I can boast(W) in the day of Christ(X) that I didn’t run or labor for nothing.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Philippians 2:6 Or to be grasped, or to be held on to
- Philippians 2:11 Gk kurios = Yahweh; Is 42:8 LXX
- Philippians 2:16 Or Offer, or Hold out
Philippians 2:5-16
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Philippians 2:5-16
New International Version
5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:(A)
6 Who, being in very nature[a] God,(B)
did not consider equality with God(C) something to be used to his own advantage;
7 rather, he made himself nothing(D)
by taking the very nature[b] of a servant,(E)
being made in human likeness.(F)
8 And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
by becoming obedient to death(G)—
even death on a cross!(H)
9 Therefore God exalted him(I) to the highest place
and gave him the name that is above every name,(J)
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,(K)
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,(L)
11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,(M)
to the glory of God the Father.
Do Everything Without Grumbling
12 Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling,(N) 13 for it is God who works in you(O) to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.(P)
14 Do everything without grumbling(Q) or arguing, 15 so that you may become blameless(R) and pure, “children of God(S) without fault in a warped and crooked generation.”[c](T) Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky 16 as you hold firmly to the word of life. And then I will be able to boast on the day of Christ(U) that I did not run(V) or labor in vain.(W)
Footnotes
- Philippians 2:6 Or in the form of
- Philippians 2:7 Or the form
- Philippians 2:15 Deut. 32:5
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