Philippians 2
Good News Translation
Christ's Humility and Greatness
2 Your life in Christ makes you strong, and his love comforts you. You have fellowship with the Spirit,[a] and you have kindness and compassion for one another. 2 I urge you, then, to make me completely happy by having the same thoughts, sharing the same love, and being one in soul and mind. 3 Don't do anything from selfish ambition or from a cheap desire to boast, but be humble toward one another, always considering others better than yourselves. 4 And look out for one another's interests, not just for your own. 5 The attitude you should have is the one that Christ Jesus had:
6 He always had the nature of God,
but he did not think that by force he should try to remain[b] equal with God.
7 Instead of this, of his own free will he gave up all he had,
and took the nature of a servant.
He became like a human being
and appeared in human likeness.
8 He was humble and walked the path of obedience all the way to death—
his death on the cross.
9 For this reason God raised him to the highest place above
and gave him the name that is greater than any other name.
10 (A)And so, in honor of the name of Jesus
all beings in heaven, on earth, and in the world below[c]
will fall on their knees,
11 and all will openly proclaim that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
Shining as Lights in the World
12 So then, dear friends, as you always obeyed me when I was with you, it is even more important that you obey me now while I am away from you. Keep on working with fear and trembling to complete your salvation, 13 because God is always at work in you to make you willing and able to obey his own purpose.
14 Do everything without complaining or arguing, 15 (B)so that you may be innocent and pure as God's perfect children, who live in a world of corrupt and sinful people. You must shine among them like stars lighting up the sky, 16 as you offer them the message of life. If you do so, I shall have reason to be proud of you on the Day of Christ, because it will show that all my effort and work have not been wasted.
17 Perhaps my life's blood is to be poured out like an offering on the sacrifice that your faith offers to God. If that is so, I am glad and share my joy with you all. 18 In the same way, you too must be glad and share your joy with me.
Timothy and Epaphroditus
19 If it is the Lord's will, I hope that I will be able to send Timothy to you soon, so that I may be encouraged by news about you. 20 He is the only one who shares my feelings and who really cares about you. 21 Everyone else is concerned only with their own affairs, not with the cause of Jesus Christ. 22 And you yourselves know how he has proved his worth, how he and I, like a son and his father, have worked together for the sake of the gospel. 23 So I hope to send him to you as soon as I know how things are going to turn out for me. 24 And I trust in the Lord that I myself will be able to come to you soon.
25 I have thought it necessary to send to you our brother Epaphroditus, who has worked and fought by my side and who has served as your messenger in helping me. 26 He is anxious to see you all and is very upset because you had heard that he was sick. 27 Indeed he was sick and almost died. But God had pity on him, and not only on him but on me, too, and spared me an even greater sorrow. 28 I am all the more eager, then, to send him to you, so that you will be glad again when you see him, and my own sorrow will disappear. 29 Receive him, then, with joy, as a believer in the Lord. Show respect to all such people as he, 30 because he risked his life and nearly died for the sake of the work of Christ, in order to give me the help that you yourselves could not give.
Footnotes
- Philippians 2:1 You have fellowship with the Spirit; or The Spirit has brought you into fellowship with one another.
- Philippians 2:6 remain; or become.
- Philippians 2:10 It was thought that the dead continued to exist in a dark world under the ground.
Filipos 2
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Ang Pagpapakumbaba ni Cristo
2 Hindi baʼt masigla kayo dahil nakay Cristo kayo? Hindi baʼt masaya kayo dahil alam ninyong mahal niya kayo? Hindi baʼt may mabuti kayong pagsasamahan dahil sa Banal na Espiritu? At hindi baʼt may malasakit at pang-unawa kayo sa isaʼt isa? 2 Kung ganoon, nakikiusap ako na lubusin na ninyo ang kagalakan ko: Magkasundo kayoʼt magmahalan, at magkaisa sa isip at layunin. 3 Huwag kayong gumawa ng anumang bagay dahil sa makasariling hangarin o sa paghahangad na maitaas ang sarili. Sa halip, magpakumbaba kayo sa isaʼt isa at ituring na mas mabuti ang iba kaysa sa inyo. 4 Huwag lang ang sarili ninyong kapakanan ang isipin nʼyo kundi ang kapakanan din ng iba. 5 Dapat maging katulad ng kay Cristo Jesus ang pananaw nʼyo:
6 Kahit na nasa kanya ang katangian ng Dios, hindi niya itinuring ang pagiging kapantay ng Dios bilang isang bagay na dapat panghawakan.
7 Sa halip, ibinaba niya nang lubusan ang sarili niya sa pamamagitan ng pag-aanyong alipin.
Naging tao siyang tulad natin. 8 At sa pagiging tao niya, nagpakumbaba siya at naging masunurin sa Dios hanggang sa kamatayan, maging sa kamatayan sa krus.
9 Kaya naman itinaas siyang lubos ng Dios at binigyan ng titulong higit sa lahat ng titulo,
10 upang ang lahat ng nasa langit at lupa, at nasa ilalim ng lupa ay luluhod sa pagsamba sa kanya.
11 At kikilalanin ng lahat na si Jesu-Cristo ang Panginoon, sa ikapupuri ng Dios Ama.
Magsilbi Kayong Ilaw na Nagliliwanag
12 Mga minamahal, kung paanong lagi ninyo akong sinusunod noong magkakasama pa tayo, lalo sana kayong maging masunurin kahit ngayong malayo na ako sa inyo. Sikapin ninyong ipamuhay[a] ang kaligtasang tinanggap nʼyo, at gawin nʼyo ito nang may takot at paggalang sa Dios. 13 Sapagkat ang Dios ang siyang nagbibigay sa inyo ng pagnanais at kakayahang masunod nʼyo ang kalooban niya.
14 Gawin nʼyo ang lahat nang walang reklamo o pagtatalo, 15 para maging malinis kayo at walang kapintasang mga anak ng Dios sa gitna ng mga mapanlinlang at masasamang tao sa panahong ito. Kailangang magsilbi kayong ilaw na nagliliwanag sa kanila 16 habang pinaninindigan nʼyo[b] ang salita na nagbibigay ng buhay na walang hanggan. At kung gagawin nʼyo ito, may maipagmamalaki ako sa pagbabalik ni Cristo, dahil alam kong hindi nasayang ang pagsisikap ko sa inyo. 17 Ang paglilingkod ninyo na bunga ng inyong pananampalataya ay tulad sa isang handog. At kung kinakailangang ibuhos ko ang aking dugo[c] sa handog na ito, maligaya pa rin ako at makikigalak sa inyo. 18 At dapat maligaya rin kayo at makigalak sa akin.
Si Timoteo at si Epafroditus
19 Umaasa ako sa Panginoong Jesus na mapapapunta ko riyan si Timoteo sa lalong madaling panahon, para masiyahan naman ako kapag naibalita niya ang tungkol sa inyo. 20 Siya lang ang kilala ko na katulad kong nagmamalasakit sa inyo nang totoo. 21 Ang ibaʼy walang ibang iniisip kundi ang sarili nilang kapakanan at hindi ang kay Jesu-Cristo. 22 Ngunit alam nʼyo kung paano pinatunayan ni Timoteo ang kanyang sarili. Para ko siyang tunay na anak sa pagtulong niya sa akin sa pangangaral ng Magandang Balita. 23 Binabalak kong papuntahin siya sa inyo kapag nalaman ko na ang magiging hatol sa akin dito. 24 At umaasa ako sa Panginoon na ako mismo ay makakapunta sa inyo sa lalong madaling panahon.
25 Sa ngayon, naisip kong kailangan nang pabalikin ang kapatid nating si Epafroditus na pinapunta nʼyo rito para tulungan ako. Tulad ko rin siyang manggagawa at tagapagtanggol ng Magandang Balita. 26 Pababalikin ko na siya sa inyo dahil sabik na sabik na siyang makita kayo, at hindi siya mapalagay dahil nabalitaan ninyong nagkasakit siya. 27 Totoo ngang nagkasakit siya, at muntik nang mamatay. Ngunit naawa ang Dios sa kanya at maging sa akin, dahil pinagaling siya at naligtas naman ako sa matinding kalungkutan. 28 Kaya gusto ko na siyang pabalikin para matuwa kayo kapag nakita nʼyo na siya ulit, at hindi na rin ako mag-aalala para sa inyo. 29 Kaya tanggapin nʼyo siya nang buong galak bilang kapatid sa Panginoon. Igalang nʼyo ang mga taong tulad niya, 30 dahil nalagay sa panganib ang buhay niya para sa gawain ni Cristo. Itinaya niya ang buhay niya para matulungan ako bilang kinatawan ninyo.
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