¹ Therefore, if there is any encouragement in Christ, if any consolation of love$, if any fellowship of the spirit$, if any affections$ and mercies,

² fulfill° my joy, in-order-that you° may be mindful of the same thing, have the same love$, be one in spirit$, being mindful of the one thing,

³ nothing according-to selfish ambition or empty conceit, but in humility: deeming one another superior to yourselves,

⁴ each one, do° not note the things of yourselves, but each one note also the things of others.

⁵ For$ let this mindset be in you°, which was also in Christ Jesus,

⁶ who, existing in the form of God, did not deem it a seizure to be equal to God,

⁷ but emptied himself, and took the form of a bondservant, after he became in the likeness of men;

⁸ and was found in the shape as a man, he humbled himself, when he became obedient$ insofar-as death, and even death of a cross.

⁹ Hence, God also highly exalted him, and granted to him a name, the one above every name;

¹⁰ in-order-that every knee should bow in the name of Jesus, those from the heavenly and earthly and subterranean places,

¹¹ and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

¹² So-then my beloved, just-as you° have always obeyed$, not only as in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work° out your° own salvation with fear and trembling.

¹³ For$ it is God who is working in you° both to will and to work, on behalf of his delight.

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¹⁵ in-order-that you° might become blameless and harmless children of God, flawless in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you° appear as illuminations in the world.

¹⁶ Keep holding forth the word of life, $for a boasting to me in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain nor labored in vain.

¹⁷ But even if I am a drink-offering upon the sacrifice and ministry$ of your° faith, I am rejoicing, and even rejoicing together-with you° all.

¹⁸ Now you° also, rejoice° and rejoice° together-with me in the same thing.

¹⁹ Now I am hoping in the Lord Jesus, to send Timothy to you° shortly, in-order-that I may also be in good-spirits after I knew about the things concerning you°.

²⁰ For$ I have no one equal in spirit$, who will be genuinely anxious about the things concerning you°.

²¹ For$ they are all seeking their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.

²² But you° know the trial of him, that as a child serves a father, so he served$ together-with me $for the good-news.

²³ Therefore, I am indeed hoping to send this one promptly, as I would look away from the things around me {i.e., figuring out what to do next} ,

²⁴ but I have confidence in the Lord that I myself will also be coming shortly.

²⁵ But I deemed it necessary to send to you° Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, and your° ambassador$ and minister$ to my need,

²⁶ since he was longing-for you° all, and was deeply-depressed because you° had heard that he was sick.

²⁷ For$ he also was sick, close to death. But God showed-mercy on him, now not him only, but also me, in-order-that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.

²⁸ Therefore, I sent him more diligently, in-order-that after you° saw him again, you° should rejoice and I may be sorrow-free.

²⁹ Therefore, accept° him in the Lord with all joy, and hold° the ones who are such as admired,

³⁰ because he drew near almost insofar-as death, because of the work of the Christ, he disregarded the life, in-order-that he might fill the lack in your° ministry$ toward me.