One in Christ
(Ephesians 2:11–18)
Therefore if you have any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and compassion, Col 3:121Jn 4:121Jn 4:7-82Co 13:14Col 2:2Psa 133:11Co 12:13Eph 2:18-22 then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being united in spirit and purpose. Rom 12:161Pe 3:8-91Co 1:102Co 13:113Jn 1:4Rom 15:5-6Php 1:26-27Php 2:16
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves. Rom 12:10Gal 5:26Eph 5:21Eph 4:21Pe 5:5Jas 3:14-16Jas 4:5-6Php 2:14 Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. 1Co 10:24Rom 15:1Jas 2:81Co 13:4-51Co 10:32-33Rom 12:151Co 12:22-26Rom 14:19-22
The Mind of Christ
(Isaiah 52:13–15)
Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus: 1Jn 2:6Mat 11:291Pe 2:211Pe 4:11Co 10:33Mat 20:26-28Rom 15:5Jhn 13:14-15
Who, existing in the form of God, Jhn 5:182Co 4:4Heb 1:3Jhn 17:5Col 1:15-16Jhn 10:30Isa 9:6Rev 21:6
did not consider equality with God
something to be grasped, 1
but emptied Himself, 2Co 8:9Mat 20:28Jhn 1:14Rom 8:3Isa 53:2-3Gal 4:4Heb 4:15Rom 15:3
taking the form of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
And being found in appearance as a man, Jhn 10:18Heb 12:2Rom 5:191Pe 2:241Pe 3:182Co 8:9Mat 26:39Act 8:33
He humbled Himself
and became obedient to death—
even death on a cross.
Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place Rev 19:16Mat 28:181Pe 3:22Heb 2:9Isa 52:13Eph 1:20-23Dan 7:14Rev 5:12
and gave Him the name above all names,
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, Isa 45:23-25Mat 28:18Rev 5:13-14Heb 1:6Rom 14:10-11Eph 3:14Rev 4:10Eph 1:10
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, 1Jn 4:15Rom 14:11Jhn 13:13Rom 14:91Jn 4:21Co 12:3Jhn 14:13Rom 10:9-12
to the glory of God the Father.
Lights in the World
(Matthew 5:13–16)
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. 2Pe 1:5-10Luk 13:23-241Co 15:58Heb 4:111Pe 2:11Php 3:13-14Jhn 6:27-29Mat 11:29 For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose. Heb 13:212Co 3:52Ti 1:9Rom 9:161Co 15:10Eph 1:11Jas 1:16-18Jhn 3:27
Do everything without complaining or arguing, 1Pe 4:91Co 10:10Eph 4:31-32Jas 5:9Php 2:3Rom 12:18Exo 16:7-81Th 5:15 so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, 2 in which you shine as lights in the world Mat 5:14-161Pe 2:12Mat 5:45Isa 60:11Jn 3:1-3Deu 32:51Th 5:231Pe 1:14-17 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. 1Co 9:26Gal 2:21Jn 1:11Th 3:52Co 1:14Jhn 6:68Jhn 6:63Luk 12:8
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. 2Ti 4:6Heb 13:15-16Rom 15:162Co 12:151Jn 3:162Co 7:4Col 1:24Php 1:20 So you too should be glad and rejoice with me. Jas 1:2-4Php 4:4Php 3:1Eph 3:13
Timothy and Epaphroditus
(1 Corinthians 16:10–12)
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. 1Co 4:171Th 3:6-81Th 3:2Php 1:1Col 4:8-9Phm 1:5-7Php 2:23-25Php 2:28 I have nobody else like him who will genuinely care for your needs. Php 2:21Co 16:101Sa 18:3Php 2:221Sa 18:12Ti 1:5Jhn 10:13Jhn 12:6 For all the others look after their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ. 1Co 10:241Co 10:33Php 2:4Mat 16:241Co 13:52Ti 3:2Isa 56:112Co 5:14-15 But you know Timothy’s proven worth, that as a child with his father he has served with me to advance the gospel. 1Co 4:171Ti 1:22Co 2:92Ti 1:21Ti 1:182Co 8:22Act 16:3-122Co 8:24 So I hope to send him as soon as I see what happens with me. 1Sa 22:3Php 2:19 And I trust in the Lord that I myself will come soon. 3Jn 1:14Phm 1:22Php 1:25-262Jn 1:12Php 2:19Rom 15:28-29
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. Php 4:18Phm 1:1-2Php 4:31Co 3:9Col 1:71Th 3:22Co 8:22-232Ti 2:3-4 For he has been longing for all of you and is distressed because you heard he was ill. Eph 3:13Isa 61:3Php 1:8Pro 12:25Rom 12:152Sa 13:39Mat 11:28Mat 26:37 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. Psa 34:19Php 2:301Co 10:132Co 2:7Act 9:37Jhn 11:3-4Job 5:19Psa 103:3-4
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. Jhn 16:222Ti 1:4Php 2:26-272Co 2:3Act 20:38Gen 45:27-28Gen 46:29-301Jn 1:3-4 Welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honor men like him, 1Th 5:121Co 16:181Ti 5:17Mat 10:40-41Rom 16:21Co 16:102Co 10:182Co 7:2 because he nearly died for the work of Christ, risking his life to make up for your deficit of service to me. 1Co 16:17Act 20:24Php 4:10Php 4:181Co 15:531Co 16:102Co 12:15Mat 25:36-40