A   If ther be am&obar;ge you eny consolacion in Christ / yf ther be eny c&obar;fortable love / yf there be eny fellishippe of the sprete / yf ther be eny c&obar;passion or mercy: fulfyll my ioye / that ye drawe one waye / havinge one love / beynge of one accorde / and of one mynde / that nothinge be done thorow stryfe or vayne glory / but that in mekenes of mynde every man esteme other better then him selfe / ∧ that no man consyder his awne / but what is mete for other. ^note

&cross2; Let the same mynde be in you that was in Christ Iesu: Which beynge in the shape of god / and thought it not robbery to be equall with god. Neverthelesse he made him silfe of no reputacion / and toke on him the shape of a servaunte / ∧ became lyke vnto men / and was founde in his aparell as a man. He humbled him silfe ∧ became obedi&ebar;t vnto þe; deeth / B   even the deeth of the crosse. Wherfore god hath exalted him / ^note and gev&ebar; him a name above all names: that in the name of Iesus shuld every knee bowe / ^note bothe of thing&es; in hev&ebar; ∧ thinges in erth ∧ thing&es; vnder erth / ^note and that all tonges shuld confesse that Iesus Christ is the lorde vnto the prayse of God the father. &cross3;

Wherfore my dearly beloved / as ye have al ways obeyed / not when I was present only / but now moche more in myne absence / even so worke out youre awne ^note saluaci&obar; with feare ∧ tremblynge. For it is god which worketh in you / C   both þe; will ∧ also þt; dede / ev&ebar; of good will

Do all thynge with out murmurynge ∧ disputynge / that ye maye be fautelesse and pure / and the sonnes of God with out rebuke / in þe; middes of a croked ∧ a perverse nacion / amonge which se that ye shyne as lightes in the worlde / holdinge fast the worde of lyfe / vnto my reioysynge in þe; daye of Christ / that I have not runne in vayne / nether have labored in vayne. Yee ∧ though I be offered vp vpon the offerynge and sacrifice of youre fayth: I reioyce / and reioyce with you all. For the same cause also / reioyce ye / and reioyce ye with me.

I trust in the lorde Iesus for to sende Timotheus shortly vnto you / that I also maye be of good comforte / when I knowe what case ye stonde in. For I have no m&abar; that is so lyke mynded to me / which with so pure affecci&obar; careth for youre matters. For all other seke þt;ir awne / and not that which is Iesus Christ&es; Ye knowe the proffe of him / howe that as a sone with the father / so with me bestowed he his labour apon the gospell. Him I hope to sende assone as I knowe how it will go with me. I trust in the lorde I also my silfe shall come shortly.

D   I supposed it necessary to sende brother Epaphroditus vnto you / my companion in laboure

∧ felowe soudier / youre Apostel and my minister at my nedes. For he longed after you and was full of hevines / D   because that ye had hearde saye that he shuld be sicke. And no doute he was sicke / and that nye vnto deeth. But god had mercy on him: not on him only / but on me also / lest I shuld have had sorowe apon sorowe.

I sent him therfore the diligentliar / that when ye shuld se him / ye myght reioyce agayne / and I myght be the lesse sorowfull. Receave him therfore in the lorde with all gladnes / and make moche of soche: because that for þe; worke of Christ he went so farre / that he was nye vnto deeth / and regarded not his lyfe / to fulfill that service which was lackynge on youre parte towarde me.

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