So then, if you all are encouraged by being in Christ, if you gain comfort from his love, if you share in the same spirit He does, and if there is any tenderness and compassion among you, then make my joy to overflow by thinking the same way, sharing the same love - be one in mind and spirit. Don't act out of personal selfishness or conceit, but rather out of humility, valuing the others above yourselves; don't look out for yourselves only, but for their interests too.
As you relate to one another, take on the same mindset as Christ Jesus - he was God, but he didn't consider his divinity something he couldn't let go of; rather, he emptied himself of it by becoming a servant, taking on the likeness of human. Further, as a man, he humbled himself through obedience, even to the point of death, even the death of the cross.
For this reason God has highly exalted him, giving his name ultimate priority, such that at the name ' Jesus ' every knee in the cosmos will bow, and every tongue will acknowledge that the Messiah Jesus is indeed lord, and God will be glorified.
philippians 2. 1-11
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