Philippians 2 - 50/50 (Reversible!)

Question 1

1 Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit…

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Answer 1

…if any tenderness and compassion, 2 then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind.

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Question 2

3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit…

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…Rather, in humility value others above yourselves,

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Question 3

4 not looking to your own interests…

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…but each of you to the interests of the others.

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Question 4

5 In your relationships with one another…

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…have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:

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Question 5

6 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality…

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…with God something to be used to his own advantage;

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Question 6

7 rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very…

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…nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.

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Question 7

8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself…

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…by becoming obedient to death— even death on a cross!

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Question 8

9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place…

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…and gave him the name that is above every name,

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Question 9

10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow…

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…in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

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Question 10

11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus…

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…Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

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Question 11

12 Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence…

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…but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling,

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Question 12

13 for it is God who works in you to will and…

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…to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.

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Question 13

14 Do everything without grumbling or arguing, 15 so that you may become…

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…blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.”

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Question 14

Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky 16 as you hold firmly to the word of life…

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…And then I will be able to boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.

Question 15

17 But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice…

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…and service coming from your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.

Question 16

18 So you too should be…

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…glad and rejoice with me.

Question 17

19 I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon…

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…that I also may be cheered when I receive news about you.

Question 18

20 I have no one else like him, who will…

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…show genuine concern for your welfare.

Question 19

21 For everyone looks out for their…

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…own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.

Question 20

22 But you know that Timothy has proved himself, because as a son…

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…with his father he has served with me in the work of the gospel.

Question 21

23 I hope, therefore, to send him…

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…as soon as I see how things go with me.

Question 22

24 And I am confident in the Lord…

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…that I myself will come soon.

Question 23

25 But I think it is necessary to send back to you Epaphroditus, my brother, co-worker…

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…and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger, whom you sent to take care of my needs.

Question 24

26 For he longs for all of you and is…

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…distressed because you heard he was ill.

Question 25

27 Indeed he was ill, and almost died. But God had mercy on him…

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…and not on him only but also on me, to spare me sorrow upon sorrow.

Question 26

28 Therefore I am all the more eager to send him, so that when…

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…you see him again you may be glad and I may have less anxiety.

Question 27

29 So then, welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honor…

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…people like him, 30 because he almost died for the work of Christ.

Question 28

He risked his life to make up for the help…

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…you yourselves could not give me.