Philippians 2:1-8 ▼

1 If then I can appeal to you as the followers of Christ, if there is any persuasive power in love and any common sharing of the Spirit, or if you have any tender-heartedness and compassion, make my joy complete by being of one mind,

2 united by mutual love, with harmony of feeling giving your minds to one and the same object.

3 Do nothing in a spirit of factiousness or of vainglory, but, with true humility, let every one regard the rest as being of more account than himself;

4 each fixing his attention, not simply on his own interests, but on those of others also.

5 Let the same disposition be in you which was in Christ Jesus.

6 Although from the beginning He had the nature of God He did not reckon His equality with God a treasure to be tightly grasped.

7 Nay, He stripped Himself of His glory, and took on Him the nature of a bondservant by becoming a man like other men.

8 And being recognized as truly human, He humbled Himself and even stooped to die; yes, to die on a cross.