{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/web/philippians/2","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-28T19:21:54.906Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Philippians","bookSlug":"philippians","chapter":2,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":1,"nextChapter":3,"totalChapters":4,"totalVerses":30},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"make my joy full, by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"who, existing in the form of God, didn't consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name;"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth,"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Do all things without murmurings and disputes,"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"holding up the word of life; that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn't run in vain nor labor in vain."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"In the same way, you also rejoice, and rejoice with me."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered up when I know how you are doing."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"For I have no one else like-minded, who will truly care about you."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"But you know the proof of him, that, as a child serves a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the Good News."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Therefore I hope to send him at once, as soon as I see how it will go with me."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"But I trust in the Lord that I myself also will come shortly."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"But I counted it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, fellow soldier, and your apostle and servant of my need;"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"since he longed for you all, and was very troubled, because you had heard that he was sick."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"For indeed he was sick, nearly to death, but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow on sorrow."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that, when you see him again, you may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and hold such in honor,"},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"because for the work of Christ he came near to death, risking his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me."}],"citation":{"inline":"Philippians 2 (WEB)","markdown":"[Philippians 2](https://primebible.com/web/philippians/2)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/philippians/2 (accessed 2026-05-28)."}}