Study Desk

Therefore if there is any encouragement in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any ^(C1)fellowship of the Spirit, if any ^(F1)(C2)affection and compassion,

^(C1)make my joy complete ^(F1)by ^(C2)being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose.

Do nothing ^(F1)from ^(F2)(C1)selfishness or ^(C2)empty conceit, but with humility ^(C3)consider one another as more important than yourselves;

^(C1)do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.

^(C1)Have this attitude ^(F1)in yourselves which was also in ^(C2)Christ Jesus,

who, as He already ^(C1)existed in the ^(C2)form of God, ^(C3)did not consider equality with God something to be ^(F1)grasped,

but ^(F1)(C1)emptied Himself by taking the form of a ^(C2)bond-servant and ^(F2)(C3)being born in the likeness of men.

And being found in appearance as a man, ^(C1)He humbled Himself by becoming ^(C2)obedient to the point of death: ^(C3)death ^(F1)on a cross.

^(C1)For this reason also God ^(C2)highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him ^(C3)the name which is above every name,

so that at the name of Jesus ^(C1)EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, of ^(C2)those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is ^(C1)Lord, to the glory of God the Father.