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Be Like Christ
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|Philippiens 2:1| Therefore if there is any encouragement and comfort in Christ[as there certainly is in abundance] , if there is any consolation of love, if there is any fellowship[that we share] in the Spirit, if[there is] any[great depth of] affection and compassion,
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|Philippiens 2:2| make my joy complete by being of the same mind, having the same1 love[toward one another] , knit together in spirit, intent on one purpose[and living a life that reflects your faith and spreads the gospel—the good news regarding salvation through faith in Christ] .
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|Philippiens 2:3| Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit[through factional motives, or strife] , but with[an attitude of] humility[being neither arrogant nor self-righteous] , regard others as more important than yourselves.
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|Philippiens 2:4| Do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.
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|Philippiens 2:5| Have this same attitude in yourselves which was in Christ Jesus[look to Him as your example in selfless humility] ,
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|Philippiens 2:6| who, although He existed in the form and unchanging essence of God[as One with Him, possessing the fullness of all the divine attributes—the entire nature of deity] , did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped or asserted[as if He did not already possess it, or was afraid of losing it] ;
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|Philippiens 2:7| but emptied Himself[without renouncing or diminishing His deity, but only temporarily giving up the outward expression of divine equality and His rightful dignity] by assuming the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men[He became completely human but was without sin, being fully God and fully man] .
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|Philippiens 2:8| After He was found in[terms of His] outward appearance as a man[for a divinely-appointed time] , He humbled Himself[still further] by becoming obedient[to the Father] to the point of death, even death on a cross.
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|Philippiens 2:9| For this reason also[because He obeyed and so completely humbled Himself] , God has highly exalted Him and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name,
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|Philippiens 2:10| so that at the name of Jesus2every knee shall bow [in submission] , of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
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