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   12 (2Co 7:15; Php 1:5) Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed,   
   not only in my presence, but so much more in my absence, work out your   
   own salvation with fear and trembling.   
   13 (Heb 13:21; Ezr 1:5) For God is the One working in you, both to will   
   and to do His good pleasure.   
   14 (1Pe 4:9; 1Co 10:10) Do all things without murmuring and disputing,   
   15 (Mt 5:45; Dt 32:5) that you may be blameless and harmless, sons of God,   
   without fault, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, in which   
   you shine as lights in the world.   
   16 (Gal 2:2; 4:11) Hold forth the word of life that I may rejoice   
   on the day of Christ that I have not run in vain or labored in vain.   
   17 (Ro 15:16; 2Co 12:15) Yes, and even if I am offered upon the sacrifice   
   and service of your faith, I take delight and rejoice with you all.   
   18 For this reason you also take delight and rejoice with me.   
      
   [12] Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence   
   only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear   
   and trembling.   
   [13] For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good   
   pleasure.   
   [14] Do all things without murmurings and disputings:   
   [15] That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke,   
   in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights   
   in the world;   
   [16] Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of   
   Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.   
   [17] Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith,   
   I joy, and rejoice with you all.   
   [18] For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me.   
      
   Timothy and Epaphroditus   
      
   19 (1Co 4:17; Php 1:1) I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy shortly   
   to you, that I also may be of good comfort when I get word concerning you.   
   20 (1Co 16:10) For I have no one like-minded, who will sincerely care   
   for your welfare.   
   21 (1Co 10:24; 13:5) For all seek their own, not the things of Christ Jesus.   
   22 (1Co 4:17; 1Ti 1:2) But you know of his proven worth, that as a son with   
   a father, he has served with me in the gospel.   
   23 Therefore I hope to send him soon after my situation is resolved.   
   24 (Phm 1:22) But I trust in the Lord that I, myself, shall also come shortly.   
   25 (Php 4:18; Phm 1:1-2; Php 4:3) Yet I thought it necessary to send to you   
   Epaphroditus, who is my brother and companion in labor, fellow soldier,   
   your messenger, and he who ministered to my necessity.   
   26 (Php 1:8) For he longed after you all and was filled with heaviness,   
   because you heard that he was sick.   
   27 Indeed he was sick, near death. But God had mercy on him,   
   and not only on him, but also on me,   
   lest I should have had sorrow upon sorrow.   
   28 Therefore I sent him the more eagerly, that when you see him again,   
   you may rejoice and I may be less sorrowful.   
   29 (1Co 16:18; Ro 16:2) So receive him in the Lord with all joy.   
   And hold such ones in high regard,   
   30 (1Co 16:17; Ac 20:24) because for the work of Christ he was near death,   
   not regarding his life, endeavouring to make up for your lack of service   
   toward me.   
      
   [19] But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto you, that   
   I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state.   
   [20] For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state.   
   [21] For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's.   
   [22] But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath   
   served with me in the gospel.   
   [23] Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see how it   
   will go with me.   
   [24] But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly.   
   [25] Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother,   
   and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that   
   ministered to my wants.   
   [26] For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye   
   had heard that he had been sick.   
   [27] For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and   
   not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.   
   [28] I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again,   
   ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.   
   [29] Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in   
   reputation:   
   [30] Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding   
   his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.   
      
   Philippians 3   
      
   The True Righteousness   
      
   1 (Php 4:4; 1Th 5:16) Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write   
   the same things to you is no trouble to me, and it is reassuring for you.   
   2 (2Co 11:13; Gal 5:15) Watch out for dogs, watch out for evil workers,   
   watch out for those who practice mutilation.   
   3 (Col 2:11; Jude 1:20) For we are the circumcision who worship   
   God in the Spirit, and boast in Christ Jesus, and place no trust in the flesh,   
   4 though I also have confidence in the flesh.   
   If any other man thinks that he has reason to trust in the flesh, I have more:   
   5 (2Co 11:22; Ro 11:1; Ac 23:6) I was circumcised the eighth day, of the stock   
   of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, and a Hebrew of Hebrews; as concerning   
   the law, a Pharisee;   
   6 (Ac 8:3; 22:3-4) concerning zeal, persecuting the church; and concerning   
   the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.   
   7 (Lk 14:33) But what things were gain to me, I have counted these things   
   to be loss for the sake of Christ.   
   8 (Jn 17:3; 2Pe 1:3) Yes, certainly, I count everything as loss   
   for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom   
   I have forfeited the loss of all things and count them as rubbish that   
   I may gain Christ,   
   9 (1Co 1:30; Php 3:6; Isa 53:11) and be found in Him, not having my own   
   righteousness which is from the law, but that which is through faith   
   in Christ, (Or through the faith of Christ.) the righteousness which is of God   
   on the basis of faith,   
   10 (Ro 8:17; 8:29) to know Him, and the power of His resurrection,   
   and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death,   
   11 (Ac 26:7) if somehow I might make it to the resurrection of the dead.   
      
   [1] Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to   
   you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe.   
   [2] Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.   
   [3] For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and   
   rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.   
   [4] Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man   
   thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more:   
   [5] Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of   
   Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;   
   [6] Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness   
   which is in the law, blameless.   
   [7] But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.   
   [8] Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the   
   knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all   
   things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,   
   [9] And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the   
   law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which   
   is of God by faith:   
   [10] That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the   
   fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;   
      
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