I f there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
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.
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.
1 Ɛneɛ, sɛ awerɛkyekyerɛ bi wɔ Kristo mu, sɛ ɔdɔ ho awerɛkyekyerɛ bi wɔ hɔ, sɛ Honhom mu ayɔnkoyɛ bi wɔ hɔ, sɛ ayamhyehyeɛ ne mmɔborɔhunu bi wɔ hɔ, Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
2 Monhyɛ m'anigyeɛ ma, sɛ monyɛ adwene korɔ, sɛ ɔdɔ korɔ na mowɔ, sɛ moka abom wɔ akoma baako mu, adwene baako mu. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
3 Mommma akasakasa anaa hoahoa-ho-fɛre nnyɛ biribiara; na mmom monyɛ ahobrɛase, na obiara mmu ne yɔnko nkyɛn ne ho. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
4 Mma obiara nhwɛ n'ankasa ne nneɛma nkoa, na mmom obiara nhwɛ afoforɔ nso deɛ. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
5 Saa adwene yi mmra mo mu, a na ɛwɔ Kristo Yesu nso mu: Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
6 Ɔno a na ɔwɔ Onyankopɔn suban mu no, ɛnyɛ adegye na wabu sɛ ɔne Onyankopɔn yɛ pɛ: Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
7 Na mmom ɔma ne ho yɛɛ hwee, na ɔfaa akoa suban, na wɔyɛɛ no sɛ nnipa sɛso: Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
8 Na bere a wɔhunuu sɛ ne suban yɛ sɛ onipa no, ɔbrɛɛ ne ho ase, na ɔyɛɛ osetieni kosii owuo mu, aane asennua mu owuo. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
9 Eyi enti Onyankopɔn nso ama no so kɛse pa ara, na ɔde din ama no a ɛkorɔn sen din biara: Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
10 Sɛnea Yesu din mu no, kotodua biara bɛkoto, nea ɛwɔ soro, ne nea ɛwɔ asase so, ne nea ɛwɔ asase ase; Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
11 Na tɛkrɛma biara bɛpae mu aka sɛ Yesu Kristo yɛ Awurade, ma Onyankopɔn Agya no anuonyam. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
12 Eyi enti, m'adɔfoɔ, sɛnea moayɛ osetie bere nyinaa, ɛnyɛ sɛ mewɔ mo hɔ nkoa, na mmom seesei a minni hɔ yi mmom, moyi mo ankasa mo nkwagyeɛ adwuma ma ɛda adi wɔ ehu ne popo mu. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
13 Efisɛ Onyankopɔn na ɔyɛ adwuma wɔ mo mu, ama mopɛ, na mode yɛ n'apɛdeɛ pa. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
14 Monyɛ nneɛma nyinaa a anwiinwii ne akyinnye biara nni mu: Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
15 Sɛnea mobɛyɛ nea wɔnnbɔ no soboɔ, na moyɛ nokorɛfoɔ, Onyankopɔn mma a wɔnni mfomsoɔ, wɔ ɔman kɔntɔnkye ne awerɛdefo a wɔaporɔ no mfimfini mu, a mohyerɛn wɔ wɔn mu sɛ hann wɔ ewiase; Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
16 A mokura nkwa asɛm no mu; sɛnea m'ani bɛgye wɔ Kristo da no mu, sɛ mantu mmirika kwa, na manyɛ adwuma nso kwa. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
17 Aane, na sɛ wɔhwie me gu wɔ mo gyidie afɔre ne ɔsom no so mpo a, m'ani gye, na mene mo nyinaa ani gye. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
18 Saa asɛm korɔ yi enti, mo nso mo ani nnye, na mone me ani nnye. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
19 Nanso menya anidasoɔ wɔ Awurade Yesu mu sɛ mɛsoma Timoteo aba mo hɔ ntɛm, sɛnea me nso m'ani bɛgye bere a mehunu sɛnea mote. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
20 Efisɛ minni obi a ɔte sɛ me a, ɔbɛhwɛ mo so amma mo firi akoma mu. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
21 Efisɛ obiara hwehwɛ n'ankasa ne dea, ɛnyɛ nneɛma a ɛyɛ Yesu Kristo dea. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
22 Nanso monim ne ho adansedi, sɛ, sɛnea ɔba yɛ n'agya, saa na ɔne me asom ne me ɛnam asɛmpa no mu. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
23 Ɛno enti, mewɔ anidasoɔ sɛ mɛsoma no seesei ara, sɛ mehu sɛnea me ho bɛyɛ a.Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
24 Nanso mewɔ anidasoɔ wɔ Awurade mu sɛ me ankasa nso mɛba ntɛm. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
25 Nanso mebu sɛ ɛsɛ sɛ mɛsoma Epafrodito, me nua, ne adwumayɔnko, ne ɔkofɛfɔ, nanso mo asomafo, ne nea ɔhwɛɛ m'ahia no mo nkyɛn. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
26 Efisɛ n'akoma pɛ mo nyinaa, na ne ho yɛ no awerɛhoɔ pa ara, efisɛ motee sɛ ɔyaree. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
27 Nokorɛm, ɔyaree bɛn owuo mpo: nanso Onyankopɔn hunuu no mmɔborɔhunu; na ɛnyɛ ɔno nko, na me nso, sɛnea awerɛhoɔ renntɔ awerɛhoɔ so. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
28 Enti, mede ahokyere kɛse pa ara masoma no, sɛnea sɛ muhu no bio a, m'ani bɛgye, na me nso m'awerɛhoɔ bɛtew. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
29 Enti, monyɛ no atoɔ wɔ Awurade mu ɛnam anigyeɛ nyinaa mu; na munni saa nnipa nie: Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
30 Efisɛ ɔbɛn owuo Kristo adwuma enti, na ammfa ne nkwa nyɛ biribi, sɛnea ɔbɛhyɛ deɛ ɛho hia mo sɛ mode som me no mu ma. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn