Philippians 2:5-16

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Christ’s Humility and Exaltation

⁵Make your own attitude that of Christ Jesus,

⁶who, existing in the form of God,
did not consider equality with God^(A)
as something to be used for His own advantage.^[a]
⁷Instead 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,
⁸He humbled Himself by becoming obedient
to the point of death—
even to death on a cross.^(E)
⁹For this reason God highly exalted Him^(F)
and gave Him the name
that is above every name,
¹⁰so 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)—
¹¹and every tongue^(J) should confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord,^[b]
to the glory^(K) of God the Father.

Lights in the World

¹²So 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. ¹³For it is God who is working in you, enabling you both to desire and to work out His good purpose. ¹⁴Do everything without grumbling^(N) and arguing,^(O) ¹⁵so 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. ¹⁶Hold 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.