Do nothing from (A)selfish ambition or (B)conceit, but in (C)humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you (D)look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. (E)Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,[a] (F)who, though he was in (G)the form of God, did not count equality with God (H)a thing to be grasped,[b] but (I)emptied himself, by taking the form of a (J)servant,[c] (K)being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by (L)becoming obedient to the point of death, (M)even death on a cross. (N)Therefore (O)God has (P)highly exalted him and bestowed on him (Q)the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus (R)every knee should bow, (S)in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and (T)every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is (U)Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Philippians 2:5 Or which was also in Christ Jesus
  2. Philippians 2:6 Or a thing to be held on to for advantage
  3. Philippians 2:7 Or slave (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)

Do nothing according to selfish ambition or according to empty conceit, but in humility considering one another better than yourselves, each of you[a] not looking out for your own interests[b], but also each of you for the interests[c] of others.

Christ’s Humiliation and Exaltation

Think this in[d] yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus,

who, existing in the form of God,
    did not consider being equal with God something to be grasped,
but emptied himself
    by[e] taking the form of a slave,
    by[f] becoming in the likeness of people.
And being found in appearance like a man,
he humbled himself
    by[g] becoming obedient to the point of death,
        that is, death on a cross.
Therefore also God exalted him
    and graciously granted him the name above every name,
10 so that at the name of Jesus
every knee should bow,
    of those in heaven and of those on earth and of those under the earth,
11 and every tongue confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord,
    to the glory of God the Father.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Philippians 2:4 Some manuscripts have “each one of you”
  2. Philippians 2:4 Literally “the things of yourselves”
  3. Philippians 2:4 Literally “the things”
  4. Philippians 2:5 Or “among”
  5. Philippians 2:7 Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“taking”) which is understood as means
  6. Philippians 2:7 Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“becoming”) which is understood as means
  7. Philippians 2:8 Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“becoming”) which is understood as means