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Philippians 2- Easy-To-Read Version (ERV)

October 12
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Be United and Care for Each Other
2 1Is there any way in Christ that I can ask you to do something? Does your love
make you want to comfort me? Do we share together in the Spirit* ? Do you have mercy
and kindness? 2If you have these things, then I ask you to do something for me.
This will make me very happy. I ask that all your minds be joined together by believing
the same things. Be joined together in your love for each other. Live together by
agreeing with each other and having the same goals. 3When you do things, don't let
selfishness or pride be your guide. Be humble and give more honor to other people
than to yourselves. 4Don't be interested only in your own life, but be interested
in the lives of other people, too.

Learn from Christ to be Unselfish
5In your lives you must think and act like Christ Jesus. 6Christ himself was like
God in everything. Christ was equal with God. But Christ did not think that being
equal with God was something that he must keep. 7He gave up his place with God and
agreed to be like a servant. He was born to be a man and became like a servant.
8And when he was living as a man, he humbled himself by being fully obedient to
God. He obeyed even when that caused him to die. And he died on a cross. 9Christ
obeyed God, so God raised Christ to the most important place. God made the name
of Christ greater than every other name. 10God did this because he wants every
person to bow for the name of Jesus. Every person in heaven, on the earth, and under
the earth will bow. 11Every person will confess (say), "Jesus Christ is Lord (Master)."
When they say this, it will bring glory to God the Father.

Be the People God Wants You to Be
12My dear friends, you have always obeyed. You obeyed God when I was with you. It
is even more important that you obey now while I am not there [to help you]. You
yourselves must live in a way that moves you toward your salvation. Do this with
respect and fear for God. 13Yes, God is working in you. God helps you want to do
the things that please him. And he gives you the power to do these things. 14Do
everything without complaining or arguing. 15Then you will be innocent and without
anything wrong in you. You will be God's children without fault. But you are living
with evil people all around you who have become very bad. Among those people you
shine like lights in the dark world. 16You offer those people the teaching that
gives life. So I can be happy when Christ comes again. I can be happy because my
work was not wasted. I ran in the race and won. 17Your faith makes you give your
lives as a sacrifice* in serving God. Maybe I will have to offer my own blood (death)
with your sacrifice. But if that happens, I will be happy and full of joy with all
of you. 18You also should be happy and full of joy with me.
News About Timothy and Epaphroditus
19I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon. I will be happy to learn
how you are. 20I have no other person like Timothy. He truly cares for you. 21Other
people are interested only in their own lives. They are not interested in the work
of Christ Jesus. 22You know the kind of person Timothy is. You know that he has
served with me in telling the Good News* like a son serves his father. 23I plan
to send him to you quickly. I will send him when I know what will happen to me.
24I am sure that the Lord will help me to come to you soon. 25Epaphroditus is my
brother in Christ. He works and serves with me in the army of Christ. When I needed
help, you sent him to me. I think now that I must send him back to you. 26I send
him because he wants very much to see all of you. He is worried because you heard
that he was sick. 27He was sick and was near death. But God helped him and me too,
so that I would not have more sadness. 28So I want very much to send him to you.
When you see him, you can be happy. And I can stop worrying about you. 29Welcome
him in the Lord with much joy. Give honor to people like Epaphroditus. 30He should
be honored because he almost died for the work of Christ. He put his life in danger
so that he could help me. This was help that you could not give me.
Footnotes: Spirit, Holy Spirit Also called the Spirit of God, the Spirit of Christ,
and the Comforter. Joined with God and Christ, He does God's work among people in
the world. sacrifice An offering or gift to God. Good News, message The news that
God has made a way for people to have their sins forgiven and live with God forever.
"Taken from the HOLY BIBLE: EASY-TO-READ VERSION © 2001 by World Bible Translation
Center, Inc. and used by permission."
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