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Meanwhile, live in such a way that you are a credit to the Message of Christ. Let nothing in your conduct hang on whether I come or not. Your conduct must be the same whether I show up to see things for myself or hear of it from a distance. Stand united, singular in vision, contending for people's trust in the Message, the good news,

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Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in one spirit, contending as one man for the faith of the gospel

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Only let your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel,

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But whatever happens to me, you must live in a manner worthy of the Good News about Christ, as citizens of heaven. Then, whether I come and see you again or only hear about you, I will know that you are standing side by side, fighting together for the Good News.

Phil.1.28

not flinching or dodging in the slightest before the opposition. Your courage and unity will show them what they're up against: defeat for them, victory for you--and both because of God.

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without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a sign to them that they will be destroyed, but that you will be saved--and that by God.

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and not in any way terrified by your adversaries, which is to them a proof of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that from God.

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Don't be intimidated by your enemies. This will be a sign to them that they are going to be destroyed, but that you are going to be saved, even by God himself.

Phil.1.29

There's far more to this life than trusting in Christ. There's also suffering for him. And the suffering is as much a gift as the trusting.

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For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for him,

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For to you it has been granted on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake,

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For you have been given not only the privilege of trusting in Christ but also the privilege of suffering for him.

Phil.1.30

You're involved in the same kind of struggle you saw me go through, on which you are now getting an updated report in this letter. HE TOOK ON THE STATUS OF A SLAVE

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since you are going through the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have.

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having the same conflict which you saw in me and now hear is in me.

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We are in this fight together. You have seen me suffer for him in the past, and you know that I am still in the midst of this great struggle.

Phil.2.1

If you've gotten anything at all out of following Christ, if his love has made any difference in your life, if being in a community of the Spirit means anything to you, if you have a heart, if you care--

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If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion,

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Therefore if there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and mercy,

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Is there any encouragement from belonging to Christ? Any comfort from his love? Any fellowship together in the Spirit? Are your hearts tender and sympathetic?

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then do me a favor: Agree with each other, love each other, be deep-spirited friends.

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then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose.

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fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

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Then make me truly happy by agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, loving one another, and working together with one heart and purpose.

Phil.2.3

Don't push your way to the front; don't sweet-talk your way to the top. Put yourself aside, and help others get ahead.

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Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.

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Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.

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Don't be selfish; don't live to make a good impression on others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourself.

Phil.2.4

Don't be obsessed with getting your own advantage. Forget yourselves long enough to lend a helping hand.

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Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.

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Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.

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Don't think only about your own affairs, but be interested in others, too, and what they are doing.

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Think of yourselves the way Christ Jesus thought of himself.

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Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:

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Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,

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Your attitude should be the same that Christ Jesus had.

Phil.2.6

He had equal status with God but didn't think so much of himself that he had to cling to the advantages of that status no matter what.

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Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,

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who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God,

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Though he was God, he did not demand and cling to his rights as God.

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Not at all. When the time came, he set aside the privileges of deity and took on the status of a slave, became human!

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but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.

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but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men.

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He made himself nothing; he took the humble position of a slave and appeared in human form.

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Having become human, he stayed human. It was an incredibly humbling process. He didn't claim special privileges. Instead, he lived a selfless, obedient life and then died a selfless, obedient death--and the worst kind of death at that: a crucifixion.

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And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death--even death on a cross!

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And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.

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And in human form he obediently humbled himself even further by dying a criminal's death on a cross.

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Because of that obedience, God lifted him high and honored him far beyond anyone or anything, ever,

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Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name,

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Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name,

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Because of this, God raised him up to the heights of heaven and gave him a name that is above every other name,

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so that all created beings in heaven and on earth--even those long ago dead and buried--will bow in worship before this Jesus Christ,

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that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

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that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth,

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so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

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and call out in praise that he is the Master of all, to the glorious honor of God the Father.

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and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

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and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

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and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.