1 ¶ If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, See also: Colossians 3:12 1 John 4:12 1 John 4:7-8 2 Corinthians 13:14 Colossians 2:2
2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. See also: Romans 12:16 1 Peter 3:8-9 1 Corinthians 1:10 2 Corinthians 13:11 3 John 1:4
3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. See also: Romans 12:10 Galatians 5:26 Ephesians 5:21 Ephesians 4:2 1 Peter 5:5
4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. See also: 1 Corinthians 10:24 Romans 15:1 James 2:8 1 Corinthians 13:4-5 1 Corinthians 10:32-33
5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: See also: 1 John 2:6 Matthew 11:29 1 Peter 2:21 1 Peter 4:1 1 Corinthians 10:33
6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: See also: John 5:18 2 Corinthians 4:4 Hebrews 1:3 John 17:5 Colossians 1:15-16
7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: See also: 2 Corinthians 8:9 Matthew 20:28 John 1:14 Romans 8:3 Isaiah 53:2-3
8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. See also: John 10:18 Hebrews 12:2 Romans 5:19 1 Peter 2:24 1 Peter 3:18
9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: See also: Revelation 19:16 Matthew 28:18 1 Peter 3:22 Isaiah 52:13 Hebrews 2:9
10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; See also: Isaiah 45:23-25 Matthew 28:18 Revelation 5:13-14 Hebrews 1:6 Romans 14:10-11
11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. See also: 1 John 4:15 Romans 14:11 John 13:13 Romans 14:9 1 John 4:2
12 ¶ Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. See also: 2 Peter 1:5-10 Luke 13:23-24 1 Corinthians 15:58 Hebrews 4:11 1 Peter 2:11
13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. See also: Hebrews 13:21 2 Corinthians 3:5 2 Timothy 1:9 Romans 9:16 1 Corinthians 15:10
14 ¶ Do all things without murmurings and disputings: See also: 1 Peter 4:9 1 Corinthians 10:10 Ephesians 4:31-32 James 5:9 Philippians 2:3
15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; See also: Matthew 5:14-16 1 Peter 2:12 Matthew 5:45 Isaiah 60:1 1 John 3:1-3
16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain. See also: 1 Corinthians 9:26 Galatians 2:2 1 John 1:1 John 6:68 2 Corinthians 1:14
17 Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all. See also: 2 Timothy 4:6 Romans 15:16 Hebrews 13:15-16 2 Corinthians 12:15 Romans 12:1
18 For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me. See also: James 1:2-4 Philippians 4:4 Philippians 3:1 Ephesians 3:13
19 But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state. See also: 1 Corinthians 4:17 1 Thessalonians 3:6-8 1 Thessalonians 3:2 Philippians 1:1 Philippians 2:23-25
20 For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state. See also: Philippians 2:2 1 Corinthians 16:10 Philippians 2:22 1 Samuel 18:3 John 10:13
21 For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's. See also: 1 Corinthians 10:24 1 Corinthians 10:33 Philippians 2:4 Matthew 16:24 1 Corinthians 13:5
22 But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel. See also: 1 Corinthians 4:17 2 Corinthians 2:9 1 Timothy 1:2 2 Timothy 1:2 Acts 16:3-12
23 Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me. See also: 1 Samuel 22:3 Philippians 2:19
24 But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly. See also: Philemon 1:22 3 John 1:14 Philippians 1:25-26 Romans 15:28-29 Philippians 2:19
25 Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants. See also: Philippians 4:18 Philemon 1:1-2 Philippians 4:3 1 Corinthians 3:9 Colossians 1:7
26 For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick. See also: Proverbs 12:25 Isaiah 61:3 Romans 12:15 Ephesians 3:13 Philippians 1:8
27 For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow. See also: Psalms 34:19 Philippians 2:30 Job 5:19 Psalms 103:3-4 John 11:3-4
28 I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful. See also: John 16:22 2 Timothy 1:4 Philippians 2:26-27 Genesis 45:27-28 Genesis 46:29-30
29 Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation: See also: 1 Thessalonians 5:12 1 Corinthians 16:18 1 Timothy 5:17 Matthew 10:40-41 Romans 16:2
30 Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me. See also: 1 Corinthians 16:17 Acts 20:24 Philippians 4:10 Philippians 4:18 Matthew 25:36-40