Philippians 2:12–30 · BSB
2:12
Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.
2:13
For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.
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2:14
Do everything without complaining or arguing,
2:15
so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world
2:16
as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.
2:17
But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.
2:18
So you too should be glad and rejoice with me.
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Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered when I learn how you are doing.
2:20
I have nobody else like him who will genuinely care for your needs.
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For all the others look after their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
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But you know Timothy’s proven worth, that as a child with his father he has served with me to advance the gospel.
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So I hope to send him as soon as I see what happens with me.
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And I trust in the Lord that I myself will come soon.
2:25
But I thought it necessary to send back to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger and minister to my needs.
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For he has been longing for all of you and is distressed because you heard he was ill.
2:27
He was sick indeed, nearly unto death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, to spare me sorrow upon sorrow.
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Therefore I am all the more eager to send him, so that when you see him again you may rejoice, and I may be less anxious.
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Welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honor men like him,
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because he nearly died for the work of Christ, risking his life to make up for your deficit of service to me.
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