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Epistle to the Philippians, Chapter 2

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Chapter 2 of Philippians—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ If, then, there is any encouragement in Christ,1 if any consolation of love, if any sharing of spirit,2 if any tender affections3 and compassions,
  2. make my joy full in that YOU are of the same mind4 and have the same love, being joined together in soul, holding the one thought in mind,5
  3. doing nothing out of contentiousness6 or out of egotism,7 but with lowliness of mind considering that the others are superior8 to YOU,
  4. keeping an eye, not in personal interest upon just YOUR own matters,[a]9 but also in personal interest upon those of the others.10
  5. ¶ Keep this mental attitude[b] in YOU that was also in Christ Jesus,11
  6. who, although he was existing in God’s form,12 gave no consideration to a seizure,[c] namely, that he should be equal to God.13
  7. No, but he emptied himself and took a slave’s form14 and came to be in the likeness of men.15
  8. More than that, when he found himself in fashion as a man,16 he humbled himself and became obedient as far as death,17 yes, death on a torture stake.[d]18
  9. For this very reason also God exalted him to a superior position19 and kindly gave him the name that is above every [other] name,20
  10. so that in the name of Jesus every knee should bend of those in heaven and those on earth and those under the ground,21
  11. and every tongue should openly acknowledge[e]22 that Jesus Christ is Lord23 to the glory of God the Father.24
  12. ¶ Consequently, my beloved ones, in the way that YOU have always obeyed,25 not during my presence only, but now much more readily during my absence, keep working out YOUR own salvation with fear26 and trembling;
  13. for God is the one that, for the sake of [his] good pleasure, is acting within YOU27 in order for YOU both to will and to act.28
  14. Keep doing all things free from murmurings29 and arguments,[f]30
  15. that YOU may come to be blameless31 and innocent, children32 of God without a blemish in among a crooked and twisted generation,33 among whom YOU are shining as illuminators in the world,34
  16. keeping a tight grip on the word of life,35 that I may have cause for exultation in Christ’s day,36 that I did not run in vain or work hard in vain.37
  17. Notwithstanding, even if I am[g] being poured out like a drink offering[h]38 upon the sacrifice39 and public service to which faith has led YOU,40 I am glad and I rejoice41 with all of YOU.[i]
  18. Now in the same way YOU yourselves also be glad and rejoice with me.[j]42
  19. ¶ For my part I am hoping in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to YOU shortly, that I may be a cheerful soul43 when I get to know about the things pertaining to YOU.
  20. For I have no one else of a disposition like his who will genuinely care44 for the things pertaining to YOU.
  21. For all the others are seeking their own interests,45 not those of Christ Jesus.
  22. But YOU know the proof he gave of himself, that like a child46 with a father he slaved with me in furtherance of the good news.
  23. This, therefore, is the man I am hoping to send just as soon as I have seen how things stand concerning me.
  24. Indeed, I am confident[k] in [the] Lord that I myself shall also come shortly.47
  25. ¶ However, I consider it necessary to send to YOU E·paph·ro·diʹtus,48 my brother and fellow worker49 and fellow soldier,50 but YOUR envoy[l] and private servant for my need,
  26. since he is longing to see all of YOU[m] and is depressed because YOU heard he had fallen sick.
  27. Yes, indeed, he fell sick nearly to the point of death; but God had mercy51 on him, in fact, not only on him, but also on me, that I should not get grief upon grief.
  28. Therefore with the greater haste I am sending him, that on seeing him YOU may rejoice again and I may be the more free from grief.
  29. Therefore give him the customary welcome52 in [the] Lord with all joy; and keep holding men of that sort dear,53
  30. because on account of the Lord’s[n] work he came quite near to death, exposing his soul[o] to danger,54 that he might fully make up for YOUR not being here to render private service to me.55

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit., “not the (things) of selves each (ones).”
  2. ^ Lit., “This be you minding.”
  3. ^ Or, “thing to be seized.” Lit., “snatching.”
  4. ^ See App 5C.
  5. ^ Lit., “should confess out.”
  6. ^ Lit., “divided reckonings.”
  7. ^ Or, “my life is; my blood is.”
  8. ^ “Drink offering.” Or, “libation.”
  9. ^ “I congratulate all of you,” Vg.
  10. ^ “And congratulate me,” Vg.
  11. ^ Or, “I trust.”
  12. ^ Or, “apostle.” Gr., a·poʹsto·lon.
  13. ^ “Longing to see all of you,” א*ACDSyh,hi,pArm; אcBVg, “longing for all of you.”
  14. ^ “Lord’s,” אA; P46BDItVgSyp, “Christ’s.”
  15. ^ Or, “life.”

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ro 1:12
  2. ^ 2Co 13:14
  3. ^ Pp 1:8; Col 3:12; 1Pe 1:22
  4. ^ Ro 15:5; 2Co 13:11; 1Pe 3:8
  5. ^ 1Co 1:10
  6. ^ 2Co 12:20; Pp 1:15, 17; Jm 3:14
  7. ^ Ga 5:26
  8. ^ Mt 23:11; Eph 4:2; 5:21
  9. ^ Ro 12:10; 1Co 10:33; 13:5
  10. ^ 1Co 10:24
  11. ^ Mt 11:29; Jn 13:15
  12. ^ Col 1:15; Heb 1:3
  13. ^ Jn 14:28
  14. ^ Is 53:3
  15. ^ Jn 1:14; Ro 1:3
  16. ^ Heb 2:9; 10:5
  17. ^ Is 50:5; Jn 10:17; Heb 5:8
  18. ^ De 21:23; Ga 3:13
  19. ^ Is 52:13; Ac 2:33; Eph 1:21
  20. ^ Ac 4:12
  21. ^ Jn 5:23
  22. ^ Ro 10:9
  23. ^ Ac 2:36
  24. ^ Ps 22:27
  25. ^ Ro 16:19
  26. ^ 2Co 7:15; Heb 12:28
  27. ^ Je 31:33; 2Co 3:5; Heb 13:21
  28. ^ 2Ch 30:12; 1Th 4:8
  29. ^ 1Co 10:10; 1Pe 4:9
  30. ^ 1Ti 2:8
  31. ^ 1Co 1:8; Eph 5:27
  32. ^ Ro 8:16; Eph 5:1
  33. ^ De 32:5; Mt 17:17; 1Pe 2:12
  34. ^ Mt 5:14; Eph 5:8; 1Pe 2:9
  35. ^ Jn 6:68; Heb 4:12
  36. ^ 2Co 1:14; 1Th 2:19
  37. ^ Is 49:4; Ga 2:2; 1Th 3:5
  38. ^ Ex 29:40; 2Ti 4:6
  39. ^ Heb 13:15; 1Pe 2:5
  40. ^ 2Co 12:15
  41. ^ Pp 1:18
  42. ^ Pp 3:1
  43. ^ Pr 25:25; 2Co 7:7
  44. ^ 1Co 4:17; 16:10
  45. ^ 1Co 10:24; Ga 4:17; 2Ti 4:10
  46. ^ 1Co 4:17; 2Ti 1:2
  47. ^ Pp 1:25; Pm 22
  48. ^ Pp 4:18
  49. ^ 2Co 8:23
  50. ^ Pm 2
  51. ^ Ps 30:3; 34:19
  52. ^ Col 4:10
  53. ^ 1Co 16:18; 1Th 5:12
  54. ^ Ac 20:24
  55. ^ 1Co 16:17; Pm 13

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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