<vn='1'>If there be therefore <sn="1536 3767">any</s><sn="3874">consolation</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>, if <sn="1536">any</s><sn="3890">comfort</s> of <sn="26">love</s>, if <sn="1536">any</s><sn="2842">fellowship</s> of the <sn="4151">Spirit</s>, if <sn="1536">any</s><sn="4698">bowels</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="3628">mercies</s>, </v>
<vn='2'><sn="4137">Fulfill</s> ye <sn="3450">my</s><sn="5479">joy</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> ye be <sn="5426 846">likeminded</s>, <sn="2192">having</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="846">same</s><sn="26">love</s>, being of one <sn="4861">accord</s>, of <sn="1520">one</s><sn="5426">mind</s>. </v>
<vn='3'> Let <sn="3367">nothing</s> be done <sn="2596">through</s><sn="2052">strife</s><sn="2228">or</s><sn="2754">vainglory</s>; <sn="235">but</s> in lowliness of <sn="5012">mind</s> let each esteem <sn="240 2233">other</s><sn="5242">better</s> than <sn="1438">themselves</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="4648">Look</s><sn="3361">not</s> every <sn="1538">man</s> on his own <sn="1438">things</s>, <sn="235">but</s> every <sn="1538">man</s><sn="2532">also</s> on the things of <sn="2087">others</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="*1063"></s> Let this mind <sn="5426 5124">be</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5213">you</s>, <sn="3739">which</s> was <sn="2532">also</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5547">Christ</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s>: </v>
<vn='6'><sn="3739">Who</s>, <sn="5225">being</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="3444">form</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>, <sn="2233">thought</s> it <sn="3756">not</s><sn="725">robbery</s> to <sn="1511">be</s><sn="2470">equal</s> with <sn="2316">God</s>: </v>
<vn='7'><sn="235">But</s> made himself of no <sn="2758 1438">reputation</s>, and <sn="2983">took</s> upon him the <sn="3444">form</s> of a <sn="1401">servant</s>, and was <sn="1096">made</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="3667">likeness</s> of <sn="444">men</s>: </v>
<vn='8'><sn="2532">And</s> being <sn="2147">found</s> in <sn="4976">fashion</s><sn="5613">as</s> a <sn="444">man</s>, he <sn="5013">humbled</s><sn="1438">himself</s>, and <sn="1096">became</s><sn="5255">obedient</s><sn="3360">unto</s><sn="2288">death</s>, <sn="1161">even</s> the <sn="2288">death</s> of the <sn="4716">cross</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="1352">Wherefore</s><sn="2316">God</s><sn="2532">also</s> hath highly <sn="5251">exalted</s><sn="846">him</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="5483">given</s><sn="846">him</s> a <sn="3686">name</s><sn="3588">which</s> is <sn="5228">above</s><sn="3956">every</s><sn="3686">name</s>: </v>
<vn='10'><sn="2443">That</s><sn="1722">at</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3686">name</s> of <sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="3956">every</s><sn="1119">knee</s> should <sn="2578">bow</s>, of things in <sn="2032">heaven</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> things in <sn="1919">earth</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> things under the <sn="2709">earth</s>; </v>
<vn='11'><sn="2532">And</s> that <sn="3956">every</s><sn="1100">tongue</s> should <sn="1843">confess</s><sn="3754">that</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s> is <sn="2962">Lord</s>, <sn="1519">to</s> the <sn="1391">glory</s> of <sn="2316">God</s> the <sn="3962">Father</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="5620">Wherefore</s>, <sn="3450">my</s><sn="27">beloved</s>, <sn="2531">as</s> ye have <sn="3842">always</s><sn="5219">obeyed</s>, <sn="3361">not</s><sn="5613">as</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3450">my</s><sn="3952">presence</s><sn="3440">only</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="3568">now</s><sn="4183">much</s><sn="3123">more</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3450">my</s><sn="666">absence</s>, work <sn="2716">out</s> your <sn="1438">own</s><sn="4991">salvation</s><sn="3326">with</s><sn="5401">fear</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="5156">trembling</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="1063">For</s> it <sn="2076">is</s><sn="2316">God</s> which <sn="1754">worketh</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5213">you</s><sn="2532">both</s> to <sn="2309">will</s><sn="2532">and</s> to <sn="1754">do</s> of <sn="5228">his</s> good <sn="2107">pleasure</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="4160">Do</s> all <sn="3956">things</s><sn="5565">without</s><sn="1112">murmurings</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1261">disputings</s>: </v>
<vn='15'><sn="2443">That</s> ye may <sn="1096">be</s><sn="273">blameless</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="185">harmless</s>, the <sn="5043">sons</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>, without <sn="298">rebuke</s>, <sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="3319">midst</s> of a <sn="4646">crooked</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1294">perverse</s><sn="1074">nation</s>, <sn="1722">among</s><sn="3739">whom</s> ye <sn="5316">shine</s><sn="5613">as</s><sn="5458">lights</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="2889">world</s>; </v>
<vn='16'>Holding <sn="1907">forth</s> the <sn="3056">word</s> of <sn="2222">life</s>; <sn="3754">that</s><sn="1698">I</s> may <sn="1519 2745">rejoice</s><sn="1519">in</s> the <sn="2250">day</s> of <sn="5547">Christ</s>, <sn="3754">that</s> I have <sn="3756">not</s><sn="5143">run</s><sn="1519">in</s><sn="2756">vain</s>, <sn="3761">neither</s><sn="2872">labored</s><sn="1519">in</s><sn="2756">vain</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="235">Yea</s>, and <sn="1499">if</s> I be <sn="4689">offered</s><sn="1909">upon</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2378">sacrifice</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="3009">service</s> of <sn="5216">your</s><sn="4102">faith</s>, I <sn="5463">joy</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> rejoice <sn="4796">with</s><sn="5213">you</s><sn="3956">all</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="*1161"></s> For <sn="3588">the</s> same <sn="846">cause</s><sn="2532">also</s> do <sn="5210">ye</s><sn="5463">joy</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> rejoice <sn="4796">with</s><sn="3427">me</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="1161">But</s> I <sn="1679">trust</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s> to <sn="3992">send</s><sn="5095">Timothy</s><sn="5030">shortly</s> unto <sn="5213">you</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> I <sn="2504">also</s> may be of good <sn="2174">comfort</s>, when I <sn="1097">know</s> your <sn="4012 5216">state</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="1063">For</s> I <sn="2192">have</s> no <sn="3762">man</s><sn="2473">likeminded</s>, <sn="3748">who</s> will <sn="1104">naturally</s><sn="3309">care</s> for your <sn="4012 5216">state</s>. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="2212">seek</s> their <sn="1438">own</s>, <sn="3756">not</s> the <sn="3588">things</s> which are <sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s> 's. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="1161">But</s> ye <sn="1097">know</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1382">proof</s> of <sn="846">him</s>, <sn="3754">that</s>, <sn="5613">as</s> a <sn="5043">son</s> with the <sn="3962">father</s>, he hath <sn="1398">served</s><sn="4862">with</s><sn="1698">me</s><sn="1519">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2098">gospel</s>. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="5126">Him</s><sn="*3767">therefore</s> I <sn="1679">hope</s> to <sn="3992">send</s><sn="1824">presently</s>, so soon <sn="5613">as</s> I shall <sn="542 302">see</s> how it will go <sn="4012">with</s><sn="1691">me</s>. </v>
<vn='24'><sn="1161">But</s> I <sn="3982">trust</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="3754">that</s> I <sn="2532">also</s><sn="846">myself</s> shall <sn="2064">come</s><sn="5030">shortly</s>. </v>
<vn='25'><sn="1161">Yet</s> I <sn="2233">supposed</s> it <sn="316">necessary</s> to <sn="3992">send</s><sn="4314">to</s><sn="5209">you</s><sn="1891">Epaphroditus</s>, <sn="3450">my</s><sn="80">brother</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> companion in <sn="4904">labor</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> fellow <sn="4961">soldier</s>, <sn="1161">but</s><sn="5216">your</s><sn="652">messenger</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> he that <sn="3011">ministered</s> to <sn="3450">my</s><sn="5532">wants</s>. </v>
<vn='26'><sn="1894">For</s> he longed <sn="2258 1971">after</s><sn="5209">you</s><sn="3956">all</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> was full of <sn="85">heaviness</s>, <sn="1360">because</s> that ye had <sn="191">heard</s><sn="3754">that</s> he had been <sn="770">sick</s>. </v>
<vn='27'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="2532">indeed</s> he was <sn="770">sick</s> nigh <sn="3897">unto</s><sn="2288">death</s>: <sn="235">but</s><sn="2316">God</s> had <sn="1653">mercy</s> on <sn="846">him</s>; <sn="1161">and</s><sn="3756">not</s> on <sn="846">him</s><sn="3440">only</s>, <sn="235">but</s> on <sn="1691">me</s><sn="2532">also</s>, <sn="3363">lest</s> I should <sn="2192">have</s><sn="3077">sorrow</s><sn="1909">upon</s><sn="3077">sorrow</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>I <sn="3992">sent</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="3767">therefore</s> the more <sn="4708">carefully</s>, <sn="2443">that</s>, when ye <sn="1492">see</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="3825">again</s>, ye may <sn="5463">rejoice</s>, and that <sn="2504">I</s> may <sn="5600">be</s> the less <sn="253">sorrowful</s>. </v>
<vn='29'><sn="4327">Receive</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="3767">therefore</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="3326">with</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="5479">gladness</s>; <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2192">hold</s><sn="5108">such</s> in <sn="1784">reputation</s>: </v>
<vn='30'><sn="3754">Because</s><sn="1223">for</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2041">work</s> of <sn="5547">Christ</s> he was <sn="1448">nigh</s><sn="3360">unto</s><sn="2288">death</s>, not <sn="3851">regarding</s> his <sn="5590">life</s>, <sn="2443">to</s><sn="378">supply</s><sn="5216">your</s><sn="5303">lack</s> of <sn="3009">service</s><sn="4314">toward</s><sn="3165">me</s>. </v>