MNT(i)
1 If then there is any comfort in Christ, if there is any persuasive power in love, if there is any companionship of the Spirit, if there is any tenderness or pity,
2 I entreat you to make my joy overflow by living in harmony; possessing the same love, and with one soul united in one purpose.
3 Do nothing out of strife, nothing out of vanity, but let each one in true humility consider the others to be of more account than himself.
4 Let each have an eye not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.
5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,
6 who, though from the beginning he had the nature of God, did not reckon equality with God something to be forcibly retained,
7 but emptied himself of his glory by taking the form of a slave, when he was born in the likeness of men.
8 More than this, after he had shone himself in human form, he humbled himself in his obedience even to death; yes, and to death on a cross.
9 And for this God highly exalted him, and graciously bestowed upon him the name which is above every name;
10 that in the name of Jesus every knee in heaven, on earth, and under the earth should bend,
11 and every tongue confess that "Jesus Christ is Lord," to the glory of God the Father.
12 And so, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, with reverence and self-distrust work out your own salvation;
13 for it is God who, in his good-will is ever working in you both will and deed.