complete my joy, so that you are in agreement[a], having the same love, united in spirit, having one purpose[b]. Do nothing according to selfish ambition or according to empty conceit, but in humility considering one another better than yourselves, each of you[c] not looking out for your own interests[d], but also each of you for the interests[e] of others.

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 2:2 Literally “you think the same thing
  2. Philippians 2:2 Literally “thinking the one thing
  3. Philippians 2:4 Some manuscripts have “each one of you”
  4. Philippians 2:4 Literally “the things of yourselves”
  5. Philippians 2:4 Literally “the things”

then make my joy complete(A) by being like-minded,(B) having the same love, being one(C) in spirit and of one mind. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit.(D) Rather, in humility value others above yourselves,(E) not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.(F)

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