A   If ther be therfore eny consolacyon in Christ, yf ther be eny c&obar;forte of loue, yf ther by eny fellishyppe of the sprete, yf ther be eny compassion and mercy: full fyll ye my ioye, that ye be lyke mynded, hauinge one loue, beynge of one accorde, and of one mynde, that nothinge be done thorowe stryfe or of vayne glory, but in mekenes of mynde, let euery man esteme another better then hym selfe. ^noteLoke not ye euery man on hys awne thinges, but euery m&abar; on the thinges that are other mens. &cross2; Let the same mynde be in you, that was also in Christ Iesu: which whan he was in the shape of God, thought it no robbery to be equall with God Neuerthelesse he made hym selfe of no reputacion, takynge on hym the shape of a seruaunte, and ^note became lyke vnto men, and was founde in his apparell as a man. He h&ubar;bled him selfe, and became obedient vnto the deeth, euen the deeth of the crosse. B   Wherfore, God also hath exalted him on hye, and geuen him a name which is aboue all names: that in ^note the name of Iesus ^note euery knee shulde bowe, both of thinges in heauen and thynges in erth and thynges vnder the erth, and that all tonges shulde confesse, that Iesus Christ is the ^note Lorde, vnto þe; prayse of God the father. &cross3;

Wherfore (my dearly beloued) as ye haue alwayes obeyed, not when I was present onely, but nowe moche more in myne absence, euen so worcke out youre awne saluacion with feare and tremblyng. ^noteFor it is God, which worketh in you, both the wyll and also the dede, euen of good wyll.

^noteDo all thynge with out murmuringe, ∧ dysputynge, that ^note ye maye be soche as no man came complayne on: and vnfayned sonnes of God without rebuke, in the myddes of a croked and peruerse nacyon: amonge wh&obar; se that ye shyne as lyghtes in the worlde, holdynge faste the worde of lyfe, C   that I maye ^note reioyce in the daye of Chryst, howe that I haue not runne in vayne, nether haue laboured in vayne.

Yee and though I be offered vp vpon the offeringe ∧ sacrifyce of youre fayth: I reioyce and reioyce with you all. For the same cause also do ye reioyce, and reioyce with me.

I trust in the Lorde Iesus, for to ^note sende Timotheus shortly vnto you, ^note that I also maye be of good comforte, when I knowe what case ye stande in. For I haue no man that is so lyke mynded to me, which with so pure affeccyon wyll care for youre matters. For all other seke theyr awne, and not the thynges which are Iesus Christes. ye knowe the proffe of hym, howe that as a sonne with the father, so hath he with me bestowed hys seruice in the Gospell. Hym therfore I hope to sende, assone as I knowe howe it wyll go with me. I trust in the Lord, that I also my selfe shall come shortly.

D   But I supposed it necessary to sende brother Epaphroditus vnto you, my compani&obar; in laboure and felowe souldier, youre Apostell, which also ministreth vnto me at nede. For he longed after you all, and was full of heuynes, because that ye had hearde saye, that he had bene sycke. And no doute he was sicke, in somoch that he was nye vnto deeth. But God had mercy on him: and not on him onely, but on me also, lest I shulde haue sorowe vpon sorowe. I sent hym therfore the more dilig&ebar;tly: that when ye se hym, ye maye reioyce agayne, and that I maye be the lesse sorowfull. Receaue him therfore in the Lorde with all gladnes, and ^note make moche of soche: because that for the worke of Chryst he w&ebar;t so farre, that he was nye vnto deeth, and regarded not hys lyfe: to fullfyll that, which was lackynge on youre parte to warde me.

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