1 Kui nüüd mingisugune manitsus Kristuses, kui mingisugune armastuse troost, kui mingisugune Vaimu osadus, kui mingisugune südamlikkus ja kaastundmus kehtib,
2 siis tehke mu rõõm täielikuks sellega, et mõtlete sama ja peate ühesugust armastust, olles üksmeelsed ja ühemõttelised
3 ega tee midagi riiu ega tühja au pärast, vaid arvate alanduses üksteist ülemaks kui iseennast,
4 ja et ükski ei vaata selle peale, mis on tulus temale, vaid ka selle peale, mis on tulus teistele.
5 Olgu teil samasugune meel, mis oli ka Kristusel Jeesusel,
6 Kes, kuigi ta oli Jumala nägu, ei arvanud saagiks olla Jumalaga ühesugune,
7 vaid loobus Iseenese olust ning võttis orja näo, saades inimeste sarnaseks; ja Ta leiti välimuselt inimesena;
8 Ta alandas iseennast, saades sõnakuulelikuks surmani, pealegi ristisurmani.
9 Sellepärast ongi Jumal Tema ülendanud kõrgele ja andnud Temale nime üle kõigi nimede,
10 et Jeesuse nimes nõtkuksid kõik põlved, niihästi taevaliste kui maapealsete kui ka maa-aluste omad,
11 ja iga keel tunnistaks, et Jeesus Kristus on Issand, Jumala Isa auks.
12 Nõnda siis, mu armsad, otsekui te ikka olete olnud sõnakuulelikud, mitte üksnes nagu siis, kui ma olin teie juures, vaid ka nüüd veel rohkem minu ära olles, nõudke oma päästet kartuse ja värinaga!
13 Sest Jumal on See, kes teis on tegev, et te tahate ja tegutsete Tema hea meele järgi.
14 Tehke kõik nurisemata ja kaksipidi mõtlemata,
15 et te oleksite laitmatud ja puhtad, veatud Jumala lapsed keset tigedat ja pöörast sugupõlve, kelle seas teie paistate otsekui taevatähed maailmas,
16 hoides elu sõna, minule kiitluseks Kristuse päeval, et ma ei ole tühja jooksnud ega teinud tühja tööd.
17 Ja kuigi minu veri peaks kahjana valatama teie usu ohvri ja jumalateenistuse üle, siiski ma rõõmutsen ja olen rõõmus ühes teie kõikidega.
18 Sellesama pärast olge ka teie rõõmsad ja rõõmutsege ühes minuga.
19 Ma loodan Issandas Jeesuses Timoteose varsti läkitada teie juurde, et ka minul oleks hea meel teada saades, kuidas teie käsi käib.
20 Sest mul pole kedagi muud nii üksmeelset minuga, kes nõnda tõsiselt hoolitseks teie eest.
21 Sest nad kõik otsivad eneste oma, aga mitte seda, mis on Kristuse Jeesuse Oma.
22 Aga tema ustavust te teate, sest nagu laps oma isaga, nõnda on ta minuga ühes töötanud Evangeeliumi kasuks.
23 Teda ma loodan nüüd läkitada, niipea kui näen, kuidas minu asi areneb.
24 Ent mul on kindel lootus Issandas, et ma ka ise varsti tulen.
25 Aga ma olen arvanud tarviliseks läkitada teie juurde vend Epafroditose, oma kaastöölise ja kaasvõitleja, teie Apostli ja minu vajaduste eest hoolitseja,
26 sellepärast et ta teid kõiki igatses ja suurt tuska tundis sellest, et olite kuulnud tema haigestumisest.
27 Sest tema oli ka tõesti suremas haige; ent Jumal andis temale armu, aga mitte üksi temale, vaid ka minule, et mulle ei tuleks kurbust kurbuse peale.
28 Sellepärast ma läkitasin tema seda nobedamini, et te teda nähes jälle rõõmustuksite ja mul oleks vähem kurbust.
29 Siis võtke ta vastu Issandas kõige rõõmuga ja pidage niisuguseid mehi kalliks.
30 Sest Kristuse töö pärast oli ta surma suus ega hoolinud oma elust, et täita seda, mis teil jäi tegemata hoolitsemises minu eest.
1 If then there is any comfort in Christ, any help given by love, any uniting of hearts in the Spirit, any loving mercies and pity,
2 Make my joy complete by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in harmony and of one mind;
3 Doing nothing through envy or through pride, but with low thoughts of self let everyone take others to be better than himself;
4 Not looking everyone to his private good, but keeping in mind the things of others.
5 Let this mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus,
6 To whom, though himself in the form of God, it did not seem that to take for oneself was to be like God;
7 But he made himself as nothing, taking the form of a servant, being made like men;
8 And being seen in form as a man, he took the lowest place, and let himself be put to death, even the death of the cross.
9 For this reason God has put him in the highest place and has given to him the name which is greater than every name;
10 So that at the name of Jesus every knee may be bent, of those in heaven and those on earth and those in the underworld,
11 And that every tongue may give witness that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
12 So then, my loved ones, as you have at all times done what I say, not only when I am present, but now much more when I am not with you, give yourselves to working out your salvation with fear in your hearts;
13 For it is God who is the cause of your desires and of your acts, for his good pleasure.
14 Do all things without protests and arguments;
15 So that you may be holy and gentle, children of God without sin in a twisted and foolish generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,
16 Offering the word of life; so that I may have glory in you in the day of Christ, because my running was not for nothing and my work was not without effect.
17 And even if I am offered like a drink offering, giving myself for the cause and work of your faith, I am glad and have joy with you all:
18 And in the same way do you be glad and have a part in my joy.
19 But I am hoping in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you before long, so that I may be comforted when I have news of you.
20 For I have no man of like mind who will truly have care for you.
21 For they all go after what is theirs, not after the things of Christ.
22 But his quality is clear to you; how, as a child is to its father, so he was a help to me in the work of the good news.
23 Him then I am hoping to send as quickly as possible, when I am able to see how things will go for me:
24 But I have faith in the Lord that I myself will come before long.
25 But it seemed to me necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, who has taken part with me in the work and in the fight, and your servant, sent by you for help in my need;
26 Because his heart was with you all, and he was greatly troubled because you had news that he was ill:
27 For in fact he was ill almost to death: but God had mercy on him; and not only on him but on me, so that I might not have grief on grief.
28 I have sent him, then, the more gladly, so that when you see him again, you may be happy and I may have the less sorrow.
29 So take him to your hearts in the Lord with all joy, and give honour to such as he is:
30 Because for the work of Christ he was near to death, putting his life in danger to make your care for me complete.