Philippians 2:1-13
If then there is any encouragement in Christ, any 
consolation from love, any sharing in the Spirit, 
any compassion and sympathy, 2make my joy 
complete: be of the same mind, having the same love, 
being in full accord and of one mind. 3Do nothing 
from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility 
regard others as better than yourselves. 4Let each of 
you look not to your own interests, but to the 
interests of others. 5Let the same mind be in you that 
was in Christ Jesus, 
6who, though he was in the form of God, 
did not regard equality with God 
as something to be exploited, 
7but emptied himself, 
taking the form of a slave, 
being born in human likeness. 
And being found in human form, 
8he humbled himself 
and became obedient to the point of death—
even death on a cross. 
9Therefore God also highly exalted him 
and gave him the name 
that is above every name, 
10so that at the name of Jesus 
every knee should bend, 
in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 
11and every tongue should confess 
that Jesus Christ is Lord, 
to the glory of God the Father.
12Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always 
obeyed me, not only in my presence, but much more 
now in my absence, work out your own salvation with 
fear and trembling; 13for it is God who is at work in 
you, enabling you both to will and to work for his 
good pleasure.