Philippians 1:29-2:11
New International Version
29 For it has been granted to you(A) on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer(B) for him, 30 since you are going through the same struggle(C) you saw(D) I had, and now hear(E) that I still have.
Imitating Christ’s Humility
2 Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit,(F) if any tenderness and compassion,(G) 2 then make my joy complete(H) by being like-minded,(I) having the same love, being one(J) in spirit and of one mind. 3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit.(K) Rather, in humility value others above yourselves,(L) 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.(M)
5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:(N)
6 Who, being in very nature[a] God,(O)
did not consider equality with God(P) something to be used to his own advantage;
7 rather, he made himself nothing(Q)
by taking the very nature[b] of a servant,(R)
being made in human likeness.(S)
8 And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
by becoming obedient to death(T)—
even death on a cross!(U)
Footnotes
- Philippians 2:6 Or in the form of
- Philippians 2:7 Or the form
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