Philippians 2:1-11

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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,^(A) if any tenderness and compassion,^(B) ²then make my joy complete^(C) by being like-minded,^(D) having the same love, being one^(E) in spirit and of one mind. ³Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit.^(F) Rather, in humility value others above yourselves,^(G) ⁴not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.^(H)

⁵In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:^(I)

⁶Who, being in very nature^[a] God,^(J)
    did not consider equality with God^(K) something to be used to his own advantage;
⁷rather, he made himself nothing^(L)
    by taking the very nature^[b] of a servant,^(M)
    being made in human likeness.^(N)
⁸And being found in appearance as a man,
    he humbled himself
    by becoming obedient to death^(O)—
        even death on a cross!^(P)

⁹Therefore God exalted him^(Q) to the highest place
    and gave him the name that is above every name,^(R)
¹⁰that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,^(S)
    in heaven and on earth and under the earth,^(T)
¹¹and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,^(U)
    to the glory of God the Father.

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

Revelation 2:18-29

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To the Church in Thyatira

¹⁸“To the angel of the church in Thyatira^(A) write:

These are the words of the Son of God,^(B) whose eyes are like blazing fire and whose feet are like burnished bronze.^(C) ¹⁹I know your deeds,^(D) your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first.

²⁰Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel,^(E) who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols.^(F) ²¹I have given her time^(G) to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling.^(H) ²²So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery^(I) with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways. ²³I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds,^(J) and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.^(K)

²⁴Now I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets, ‘I will not impose any other burden on you,^(L) ²⁵except to hold on to what you have^(M) until I come.’^(N)

²⁶To the one who is victorious^(O) and does my will to the end,^(P) I will give authority over the nations^(Q)— ²⁷that one ‘will rule them with an iron scepter^(R) and will dash them to pieces like pottery’^[a]^(S)—just as I have received authority from my Father. ²⁸I will also give that one the morning star.^(T) ²⁹Whoever has ears, let them hear^(U) what the Spirit says to the churches.