1 If 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 所以， 你们在基督里若有什么劝勉， 有什么爱心的安慰， 有什么灵里的契通， 有什么慈悲和怜悯，
2 就应当有同样的思想， 同样的爱心， 要心志相同， 思想一致， 使我充满喜乐。
3 不要自私自利， 也不要贪图虚荣， 只要谦卑， 看别人比自己强；
4 各人不要单顾自己的事， 也要顾别人的事。
5 你们应当有这样的意念， 这也是基督耶稣的意念。（全节或译： "你们当以基督耶稣的心为心。"）
6 他本来有 神的形象， 却不坚持自己与 神平等的地位，
7 反而倒空自己， 取了奴仆的形象， 成为人的样式；
8 既然有人的样子， 就自甘卑微， 顺服至死， 而且死在十字架上。
9 因此 神把他升为至高， 并且赐给他超过万名之上的名。
10 使天上、地上和地底下的一切， 因着耶稣的名， 都要屈膝，
11 并且口里承认耶稣基督为主， 使荣耀归给父 神。
12 这样看来， 我所亲爱的， 你们素来是顺服的， （不但我在你们那里的时候是这样， 现今我不在， 你们更要顺服， ）就应当恐惧战兢地作成自己的救恩。
13 神为了成全自己的美意， 就在你们里面动工， 使你们可以立志和行事。
14 无论作什么， 都不要发怨言、起争论，
15 好使你们无可指摘、纯真无邪， 在这弯曲乖谬的世代中， 作 神没有瑕疵的儿女； 你们要在这世代中发光， 好像天上的光体一样，
16 把生命的道显扬出来， 使我在基督的日子可以夸耀我没有空跑， 也没有徒劳。
17 即使把我浇奠在你们信心的祭物和供奉上， 我也喜乐， 并且和你们大家一同喜乐。
18 照样， 你们也要喜乐， 并且要和我一同喜乐。
19 我靠着主耶稣， 希望不久就会差提摩太到你们那里去， 使我们知道你们的情况， 可以得到鼓励。
20 没有人与我同心， 真正关心你们的事，
21 因为大家只顾自己的事， 而不理耶稣基督的事。
22 不过， 提摩太的为人是你们知道的， 他和我一同为了福音服事主， 就像儿子跟父亲一样。
23 所以， 等我看出自己的事会怎样了结之后， 我希望立刻差他去；
24 而且靠着主， 我相信自己不久也会去。
25 然而我认为必须差以巴弗提到你们那里去， 他是我的弟兄， 与我一同作工一同作战的， 也是你们为我的需要差来服事我的。
26 他一直在想念你们众人， 并且因为你们听见他病了， 他就非常难过。
27 事实上他病得几乎要死， 然而 神怜悯了他； 不但怜悯他， 也怜悯我， 免得我忧上加忧。
28 所以， 我更急着差他去， 让你们再见到他， 就可以喜乐， 也可以减少我的挂虑。
29 因此， 你们要在主里欢欢喜喜地接待他， 也要尊重这样的人，
30 因他为了基督的工作， 冒着生命的危险， 差一点丧了命， 为的是要补满你们服事我不足的地方。