Philippians 2

King James Version · 30 verses · 1,285 cross-references linking it to 422 other chapters

1. 1If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,80 cross-references: Colossians 3:12, 1 John 4:12, 2 Corinthians 13:14, 1 John 4:7–8, Colossians 2:2
2. 2Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.44 cross-references: Romans 12:16, 1 Peter 3:8–9, 1 Corinthians 1:10, 2 Corinthians 13:11, 3 John 1:4
3. 3Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.63 cross-references: Romans 12:10, Galatians 5:26, Ephesians 5:21, Ephesians 4:2, James 3:14–16
4. 4Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.25 cross-references: 1 Corinthians 10:24, Romans 15:1, James 2:8, 1 Corinthians 13:4–5, 1 Corinthians 10:32–33
5. 5Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:31 cross-references: 1 John 2:6, Matthew 11:29, 1 Peter 2:21, 1 Peter 4:1, 1 Corinthians 10:33 – 1 Corinthians 11:1
6. 6Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:72 cross-references: John 5:18, 2 Corinthians 4:4, Hebrews 1:3, John 17:5, Colossians 1:15–16
7. 7But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:57 cross-references: 2 Corinthians 8:9, Matthew 20:28, John 1:14, Romans 8:3, Isaiah 53:2–3
8. 8And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.44 cross-references: John 10:18, Hebrews 12:2, Romans 5:19, 1 Peter 2:24, 1 Peter 3:18
9. 9Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:106 cross-references: Revelation 19:16, Matthew 28:18, 1 Peter 3:22, Hebrews 2:9, Isaiah 52:13
10. 10That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;46 cross-references: Isaiah 45:23–25, Matthew 28:18, Revelation 5:13–14, Hebrews 1:6, Romans 14:10–11
11. 11And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.54 cross-references: 1 John 4:15, Romans 14:11, John 13:13, Romans 14:9, 1 John 4:2
12. 12Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.86 cross-references: 2 Peter 1:5–10, Luke 13:23–24, 1 Corinthians 15:58, Hebrews 4:11, 1 Peter 2:11
13. 13For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.76 cross-references: Hebrews 13:21, 2 Corinthians 3:5, 2 Timothy 1:9, Romans 9:16, 1 Corinthians 15:10
14. 14Do all things without murmurings and disputings:52 cross-references: 1 Peter 4:9, 1 Corinthians 10:10, Ephesians 4:31–32, Philippians 2:3, James 5:9
15. 15That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;87 cross-references: Matthew 5:14–16, 1 Peter 2:12, Matthew 5:45, Isaiah 60:1, 1 John 3:1–3
16. 16Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.39 cross-references: 1 Corinthians 9:26, Galatians 2:2, 1 John 1:1, 2 Corinthians 1:14, John 6:68
17. 17Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.60 cross-references: 2 Timothy 4:6, Romans 15:16, Hebrews 13:15–16, 2 Corinthians 12:15, Philippians 1:20
18. 18For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me.4 cross-references: James 1:2–4, Philippians 4:4, Philippians 3:1, Ephesians 3:13
19. 19But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state.37 cross-references: 1 Corinthians 4:17, 1 Thessalonians 3:6–8, 1 Thessalonians 3:2, Philippians 1:1, Philemon 1:5–7
20. 20For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state.21 cross-references: Philippians 2:2, Philippians 2:22, 1 Corinthians 16:10, John 12:6, 1 Samuel 18:3
21. 21For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s.38 cross-references: 1 Corinthians 10:24, Matthew 16:24, Philippians 2:4, 1 Corinthians 10:33, 2 Timothy 3:2
22. 22But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.21 cross-references: 1 Corinthians 4:17, 2 Corinthians 2:9, 1 Timothy 1:2, 2 Timothy 1:2, 1 Timothy 1:18
23. 23Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me.4 cross-references: 1 Samuel 22:3, Philippians 2:19
24. 24But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly.10 cross-references: Philemon 1:22, 3 John 1:14, Philippians 1:25–26, Philippians 2:19, Romans 15:28–29
25. 25Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants.29 cross-references: Philippians 4:18, Philemon 1:1–2, Philippians 4:3, 1 Corinthians 3:9, Colossians 1:7
26. 26For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.36 cross-references: Philippians 1:8, Proverbs 12:25, Ephesians 3:13, Isaiah 61:3, Romans 12:15
27. 27For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.27 cross-references: Psalms 34:19, Philippians 2:30, Acts 9:37, John 11:3–4, 2 Corinthians 2:7
28. 28I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.14 cross-references: John 16:22, 2 Timothy 1:4, Philippians 2:26–27, 2 Corinthians 2:3, Genesis 45:27–28
29. 29Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation:27 cross-references: 1 Corinthians 16:18, 1 Thessalonians 5:12, 1 Timothy 5:17, Matthew 10:40–41, Romans 16:2
30. 30Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.33 cross-references: 1 Corinthians 16:17, Philippians 4:10, Acts 20:24, 2 Corinthians 12:15, Philippians 4:18

Explained connections

• Exalted and lifted up Isaiah 52:13 and Philippians 2:9

  The final Servant Song opens with the servant being exalted, lifted up and very high — before describing his suffering. Paul's hymn in Philippians follows the same shape: humiliation to death on a cross, then God highly exalting him.

• Every knee bows to Jesus Isaiah 45:23 and Philippians 2:10

  In the Philippians hymn Paul applies Isaiah's oath — spoken by the one God, who allows no rival — to Jesus. Every knee bowing at Jesus' name is one of the New Testament's most striking claims about his identity.

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People in Philippians 2

Jesus Christ, God, Holy Spirit, Timotheus, Epaphroditus

Hard questions about Philippians 2

• Is Jesus equal with God, or is the Father greater than he?
• Are we saved by faith, or by works?