But even if I am being poured out as a libation over the sacrifice and the offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you— and in the same way you also must be glad and rejoice with me. And now it gets hard. Paul really has no idea if he will survive his present ordeal. Except...
Philippians 2:14-16
posted by DJL
Do all things without murmuring and arguing, so that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine like stars in the world. It is by your holding fast to the word of life that I can boast on the day of...
Philippians 2:12-13
posted by DJL
Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed me, not only in my presence, but much more now in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who is at work in you, enabling you both to will and to work for his good pleasure. Love always includes an...
Philippians 2:8-11
posted by DJL
Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory...
Philippians 2:5-11
posted by DJL
Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in human...
Philippians 2:5
posted by DJL
Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus…. You may remember the wristbands that became so popular a few years back; they were inscribed with WWJD – What would Jesus do? They were particularly popular among more conservative Christians and so perhaps naturally, if also somewhat...