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World English Bible

Philippians 2 (WEBP)

[1] If therefore there is any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion,
[2] make my joy full by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;
[3] doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;
[4] each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.
[5] Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,
[6] who, existing in the form of God, didn’t consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,
[7] but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men.
[8] And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, yes, the death of the cross.
[9] Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name,
[10] that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth,
[11] and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
[12] 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.
[13] For it is God who works in you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
[14] Do all things without complaining and arguing,
[15] that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the middle of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,
[16] 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.
[17] Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.
[18] In the same way, you also should be glad and rejoice with me.
[19] 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.
[20] For I have no one else like-minded, who will truly care about you.
[21] For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.
[22] But you know that he has proved himself. As a child serves a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the Good News.
[23] Therefore I hope to send him at once, as soon as I see how it will go with me.
[24] But I trust in the Lord that I myself also will come shortly.
[25] But I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, fellow soldier, and your apostle and servant of my need,
[26] since he longed for you all, and was very troubled because you had heard that he was sick.
[27] 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.
[28] 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.
[29] Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and hold such people in honor,
[30] 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.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Philippians 2 (KJVS)

[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,
[2] fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
[3] Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
[4] Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
[5] Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
[6] who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
[7] but made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
[8] and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
[9] Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
[10] that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
[11] and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
[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.
[13] For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
[14] Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
[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;
[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.
[17] Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.
[18] For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me.
[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.
[20] For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state.
[21] For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s.
[22] But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.
[23] Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me.
[24] But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly.
[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.
[26] For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.
[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.
[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.
[29] Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation:
[30] because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.

Philippians 2:7 Or, habit
Philippians 2:15a Or, sincere
Philippians 2:15b Or, shine ye
Philippians 2:17 Gr. poured forth
Philippians 2:19 Or, moreover
Philippians 2:20 Or, so dear unto me
Philippians 2:29 Or, honour such

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Philippians 2 (BYZ)

[1] Εἴ () τις () οὖν () παράκλησις () ἐν () χριστῷ, () εἴ () τι () παραμύθιον () ἀγάπης, () εἴ () τις () κοινωνία () πνεύματος, () εἴ () τις () σπλάγχνα () καὶ () οἰκτιρμοί, ()
[2] πληρώσατέ () μου () τὴν () χαράν, () ἵνα () τὸ () αὐτὸ () φρονῆτε, () τὴν () αὐτὴν () ἀγάπην () ἔχοντες, () σύμψυχοι, () τὸ () ἓν () φρονοῦντες· ()
[3] μηδὲν () κατὰ () ἐριθείαν () ἢ () κενοδοξίαν, () ἀλλὰ () τῇ () ταπεινοφροσύνῃ () ἀλλήλους () ἡγούμενοι () ὑπερέχοντας () ἑαυτῶν· ()
[4] μὴ () τὰ () ἑαυτῶν () ἕκαστος () σκοπεῖτε, () ἀλλὰ () καὶ () τὰ () ἑτέρων () ἕκαστος. ()
[5] Τοῦτο () γὰρ () φρονείσθω () ἐν () ὑμῖν () ὃ () καὶ () ἐν () χριστῷ () Ἰησοῦ· ()
[6] ὃς () ἐν () μορφῇ () θεοῦ () ὑπάρχων, () οὐχ () ἁρπαγμὸν () ἡγήσατο () τὸ () εἶναι () ἴσα () θεῷ, ()
[7] ἀλλ’ () ἑαυτὸν () ἐκένωσεν, () μορφὴν () δούλου () λαβών, () ἐν () ὁμοιώματι () ἀνθρώπων () γενόμενος· ()
[8] καὶ () σχήματι () εὑρεθεὶς () ὡς () ἄνθρωπος, () ἐταπείνωσεν () ἑαυτόν, () γενόμενος () ὑπήκοος () μέχρι () θανάτου, () θανάτου () δὲ () σταυροῦ. ()
[9] Διὸ () καὶ () ὁ () θεὸς () αὐτὸν () ὑπερύψωσεν, () καὶ () ἐχαρίσατο () αὐτῷ () ὄνομα () τὸ () ὑπὲρ () πᾶν () ὄνομα· ()
[10] ἵνα () ἐν () τῷ () ὀνόματι () Ἰησοῦ () πᾶν () γόνυ () κάμψῃ () ἐπουρανίων () καὶ () ἐπιγείων () καὶ () καταχθονίων, ()
[11] καὶ () πᾶσα () γλῶσσα () ἐξομολογήσηται () ὅτι () κύριος () Ἰησοῦς () χριστός, () εἰς () δόξαν () θεοῦ () πατρός. ()
[12] Ὥστε, () ἀγαπητοί () μου, () καθὼς () πάντοτε () ὑπηκούσατε, () μὴ () ὡς () ἐν () τῇ () παρουσίᾳ () μου () μόνον, () ἀλλὰ () νῦν () πολλῷ () μᾶλλον () ἐν () τῇ () ἀπουσίᾳ () μου, () μετὰ () φόβου () καὶ () τρόμου () τὴν () ἑαυτῶν () σωτηρίαν () κατεργάζεσθε· ()
[13] ὁ () θεὸς () γάρ () ἐστιν () ὁ () ἐνεργῶν () ἐν () ὑμῖν () καὶ () τὸ () θέλειν () καὶ () τὸ () ἐνεργεῖν () ὑπὲρ () τῆς () εὐδοκίας. ()
[14] Πάντα () ποιεῖτε () χωρὶς () γογγυσμῶν () καὶ () διαλογισμῶν, ()
[15] ἵνα () γένησθε () ἄμεμπτοι () καὶ () ἀκέραιοι, () τέκνα () θεοῦ () ἀμώμητα () ἐν () μέσῳ () γενεᾶς () σκολιᾶς () καὶ () διεστραμμένης, () ἐν () οἷς () φαίνεσθε () ὡς () φωστῆρες () ἐν () κόσμῳ, ()
[16] λόγον () ζωῆς () ἐπέχοντες, () εἰς () καύχημα () ἐμοὶ () εἰς () ἡμέραν () χριστοῦ, () ὅτι () οὐκ () εἰς () κενὸν () ἔδραμον, () οὐδὲ () εἰς () κενὸν () ἐκοπίασα. ()
[17] Ἀλλ’ () εἰ () καὶ () σπένδομαι () ἐπὶ () τῇ () θυσίᾳ () καὶ () λειτουργίᾳ () τῆς () πίστεως () ὑμῶν, () χαίρω () καὶ () συγχαίρω () πᾶσιν () ὑμῖν· ()
[18] τὸ () δ’ () αὐτὸ () καὶ () ὑμεῖς () χαίρετε () καὶ () συγχαίρετέ () μοι. ()
[19] Ἐλπίζω () δὲ () ἐν () κυρίῳ () Ἰησοῦ, () Τιμόθεον () ταχέως () πέμψαι () ὑμῖν, () ἵνα () κἀγὼ () εὐψυχῶ, () γνοὺς () τὰ () περὶ () ὑμῶν. ()
[20] Οὐδένα () γὰρ () ἔχω () ἰσόψυχον, () ὅστις () γνησίως () τὰ () περὶ () ὑμῶν () μεριμνήσει. ()
[21] Οἱ () πάντες () γὰρ () τὰ () ἑαυτῶν () ζητοῦσιν, () οὐ () τὰ () χριστοῦ () Ἰησοῦ. ()
[22] Τὴν () δὲ () δοκιμὴν () αὐτοῦ () γινώσκετε, () ὅτι () ὡς () πατρὶ () τέκνον, () σὺν () ἐμοὶ () ἐδούλευσεν () εἰς () τὸ () εὐαγγέλιον. ()
[23] Τοῦτον () μὲν () οὖν () ἐλπίζω () πέμψαι, () ὡς () ἂν () ἀπίδω () τὰ () περὶ () ἐμέ, () ἐξαυτῆς· ()
[24] πέποιθα () δὲ () ἐν () κυρίῳ, () ὅτι () καὶ () αὐτὸς () ταχέως () ἐλεύσομαι. ()
[25] Ἀναγκαῖον () δὲ () ἡγησάμην () Ἐπαφρόδιτον () τὸν () ἀδελφὸν () καὶ () συνεργὸν () καὶ () συστρατιώτην () μου, () ὑμῶν () δὲ () ἀπόστολον, () καὶ () λειτουργὸν () τῆς () χρείας () μου, () πέμψαι () πρὸς () ὑμᾶς· ()
[26] ἐπειδὴ () ἐπιποθῶν () ἦν () πάντας () ὑμᾶς, () καὶ () ἀδημονῶν, () διότι () ἠκούσατε () ὅτι () ἠσθένησεν· ()
[27] καὶ () γὰρ () ἠσθένησεν () παραπλήσιον () θανάτῳ, () ἀλλὰ () ὁ () θεὸς () αὐτὸν () ἠλέησεν, () οὐκ () αὐτὸν () δὲ () μόνον, () ἀλλὰ () καὶ () ἐμέ, () ἵνα () μὴ () λύπην () ἐπὶ () λύπην () σχῶ. ()
[28] Σπουδαιοτέρως () οὖν () ἔπεμψα () αὐτόν, () ἵνα, () ἰδόντες () αὐτὸν () πάλιν, () χαρῆτε, () κἀγὼ () ἀλυπότερος () ὦ. ()
[29] Προσδέχεσθε () οὖν () αὐτὸν () ἐν () κυρίῳ () μετὰ () πάσης () χαρᾶς, () καὶ () τοὺς () τοιούτους () ἐντίμους () ἔχετε· ()
[30] ὅτι () διὰ () τὸ () ἔργον () τοῦ () χριστοῦ () μέχρι () θανάτου () ἤγγισεν, () παραβουλευσάμενος () τῇ () ψυχῇ, () ἵνα () ἀναπληρώσῃ () τὸ () ὑμῶν () ὑστέρημα () τῆς () πρός () με () λειτουργίας. ()

Philippians 2:1a τις ¦ PCK τι ¦ TR τίνα
Philippians 2:1b οἰκτιρμοί ¦ TH οἰκτειρμοί
Philippians 2:2 σύμψυχοι ¦ TH WH σύνψυχοι
Philippians 2:3 κατὰ ἐριθείαν ἢ ¦ NA SBL TH κατ’ ἐριθείαν μηδὲ κατὰ ¦ WH κατ’ ἐριθίαν μηδὲ κατὰ
Philippians 2:4a ἕκαστος ¦ SBL WH ἕκαστοι
Philippians 2:4b σκοπεῖτε ¦ CT σκοποῦντες
Philippians 2:4c καὶ τὰ ¦ NA [καὶ] τὰ ¦ PCK καὶ τὸ
Philippians 2:4d ἕκαστος ¦ CT ἕκαστοι
Philippians 2:5 γὰρ φρονείσθω ¦ CT φρονεῖτε
Philippians 2:6 Corrected from ἶσα, as seen in NA28, PT, RP2005, SBL, TR, and WH. The iota of ἴσος is short, so ἴσα takes the acute, as this edition prints it at and . The Septuagint prints the same ἴσα with a dative at .
Philippians 2:7 ἀλλ’ ¦ NA27 SBL TH WH ἀλλὰ
Philippians 2:9 ὄνομα ¦ CT τὸ ὄνομα
Philippians 2:12 ὡς ¦ [WH]
Philippians 2:13 ὁ ¦ CT om.
Philippians 2:15 ἀμώμητα ἐν μέσῳ ¦ CT ἄμωμα μέσον
Philippians 2:17a Ἀλλ’ ¦ NA27 SBL WH Ἀλλὰ
Philippians 2:17b συγχαίρω … συγχαίρετε ¦ TH WH συνχαίρω … συνχαίρετε
Philippians 2:18 δ’ ¦ CT δὲ
Philippians 2:21 χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ ¦ NA SBL TH Ἰησοῦ χριστοῦ ¦ TR τοῦ χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ
Philippians 2:22 γινώσκετε ¦ TH γεινώσκετε
Philippians 2:23 ἀπίδω ¦ CT ἀφίδω
Philippians 2:25 συστρατιώτην ¦ TH WH συνστρατιώτην
Philippians 2:26 ὑμᾶς ¦ WH ὑμᾶς [ἰδεῖν]
Philippians 2:27a θανάτῳ ¦ PT WH θανάτου
Philippians 2:27b ἀλλὰ ¦ HF NA28 PCK PT TR ἀλλ’
Philippians 2:27c αὐτὸν ἠλέησεν ¦ CT ἠλέησεν αὐτόν
Philippians 2:27d λύπην ¦ TR λύπη
Philippians 2:30a τοῦ χριστοῦ ¦ NA SBL TH χριστοῦ ¦ WH κυρίου
Philippians 2:30b παραβουλευσάμενος ¦ CT παραβολευσάμενος
Philippians 2:30c ἀναπληρώσῃ ¦ PCK πληρώσῃ

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.