[2:1] Your life in Christ makes you strong, and his love comforts you. You have fellowship with the Spirit, and you have kindness and compassion for one another.
[2:2] I urge you, then, to make me completely happy by having the same thoughts, sharing the same love, and being one in soul and mind.
[2:3] Don't do anything from selfish ambition or from a cheap desire to boast, but be humble toward one another, always considering others better than yourselves.
[2:4] And look out for one another's interests, not just for your own.
[2:5] The attitude you should have is the one that Christ Jesus had:
[2:6] He always had the nature of God, but he did not think that by force he should try to remain equal with God.
[2:7] Instead of this, of his own free will he gave up all he had, and took the nature of a servant. He became like a human being and appeared in human likeness.
[2:8] He was humble and walked the path of obedience all the way to death— his death on the cross.
[2:9] For this reason God raised him to the highest place above and gave him the name that is greater than any other name.
[2:10] And so, in honor of the name of Jesus all beings in heaven, on earth, and in the world below will fall on their knees,
[2:11] and all will openly proclaim that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.