New American Standard Bible 1995

Philippians 2:1-8

1Therefore if there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any consolation of love, if there is any 1fellowship of the Spirit, if any 2 3affection and compassion,

2 4make my joy complete 5by 6being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose.

3Do nothing 7from 8 9selfishness or 10empty conceit, but with humility of mind 11regard one another as more important than yourselves;

4 12do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.

5 13Have this attitude 14in yourselves which was also in 15Christ Jesus,

6who, although He 16existed in the 17form of God, 18did not regard equality with God a thing to be 19grasped,

7but 20 21emptied Himself, taking the form of a 22bond-servant, and 23being made in the likeness of men.

8Being found in appearance as a man, 24He humbled Himself by becoming 25obedient to the point of death, even 26death 27on a cross.

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Notes

1. Philippians 2:1 2 Cor 13:14 ↩
2. Philippians 2:1 Lit inward parts ↩
3. Philippians 2:1 Col 3:12 ↩
4. Philippians 2:2 John 3:29 ↩
5. Philippians 2:2 Lit that you be ↩
6. Philippians 2:2 Rom 12:16; Phil 4:2 ↩
7. Philippians 2:3 Lit according to ↩
8. Philippians 2:3 Or contentiousness ↩
9. Philippians 2:3 Rom 2:8; Phil 1:17 ↩
10. Philippians 2:3 Gal 5:26 ↩
11. Philippians 2:3 Rom 12:10; Eph 5:21 ↩
12. Philippians 2:4 Rom 15:1f ↩
13. Philippians 2:5 Matt 11:29; Rom 15:3 ↩
14. Philippians 2:5 Or among ↩
15. Philippians 2:5 Phil 1:1 ↩
16. Philippians 2:6 John 1:1 ↩
17. Philippians 2:6 2 Cor 4:4 ↩
18. Philippians 2:6 John 5:18; 10:33; 14:28 ↩
19. Philippians 2:6 I.e. utilized or asserted ↩
20. Philippians 2:7 I.e. laid aside His privileges ↩
21. Philippians 2:7 2 Cor 8:9 ↩
22. Philippians 2:7 Matt 20:28 ↩
23. Philippians 2:7 John 1:14; Rom 8:3; Gal 4:4; Heb 2:17 ↩
24. Philippians 2:8 2 Cor 8:9 ↩
25. Philippians 2:8 Matt 26:39; John 10:18; Rom 5:19; Heb 5:8 ↩
26. Philippians 2:8 Heb 12:2 ↩
27. Philippians 2:8 Lit of ↩

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