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| [1]If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, |
[1]Therfor if ony coumfort is in Crist, if ony solace of charite, if ony felouschipe of spirit, if ony inwardnesse of merci doyng, |
| [2]Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. |
[2]fille ye my ioye, that ye vndurstonde the same thing, and haue the same charite, of o wille, and feelen the same thing; |
| [3]Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. |
[3]no thing bi strijf, nether by veyn glorie, but in mekenesse, demynge eche othere to be heiyer than hym silf; |
| [4]Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. |
[4]not biholdinge ech bi hym silf what thingis ben his owne, but tho thingis that ben of othere men. |
| [5]Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: |
[5]And fele ye this thing in you, which also in Crist Jhesu; |
| [6]Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: |
[6]that whanne he was in the forme of God, demyde not raueyn, that hym silf were euene to God; |
| [7]But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: |
[7]but he lowide hym silf, takinge the forme of a seruaunt, and was maad in to the licknesse of men, and in abite was foundun as a man. |
| [8]And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. |
[8]He mekide hym silf, and was maad obedient to the deth, yhe, to the deth of the cross. |
| [9]Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: |
[9]For which thing God enhaunside hym, and yaf to hym a name that is aboue al name; |
| [10]That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; |
[10]that in the name of Jhesu ech kne be bowid, of heuenli thingis, of ertheli thingis, and of hellis; |
| [11]And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. |
[11]and ech tunge knouleche, that the Lord Jhesu Crist is in the glorie of God the fadir. |
| [12]Wherefore, 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. |
[12]Therfor, my most dereworthe britheren, as euere more ye han obeischid, not in my presence onely, but myche more now in myn absence, worche ye with drede and trembling youre heelthe. |
| [13]For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. |
[13]For it is God that worchith in you, bothe to wilne, and to performe, for good wille. |
| [14]Do all things without murmurings and disputings: |
[14]And do ye alle thingis with out grutchingis and doutyngis; |
| [15]That 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; |
[15]that ye be with out playnt, and symple as the sones of God, with out repreef, in the myddil of a schrewid nacioun and a weiward; among whiche ye schynen as yyueris of liyt in the world. |
| [16]Holding 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. |
[16]And holde ye togidere the word of lijf to my glorie in the day of Crist; for Y haue not runnen in veyn, nether Y haue trauelid in veyn. |
| [17]Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all. |
[17]But thouy Y be offrid or slayn on the sacrifice and seruyce of youre feith, Y haue ioye, and Y thanke you alle. |
| [18]For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me. |
[18]And the same thing haue ye ioye, and thanke ye me. |
| [19]But 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. |
[19]And Y hope in the Lord Jhesu, that Y schal sende Tymothe soone to you, that Y be of good coumfort, whanne tho thingis ben knowun that ben aboute you. |
| [20]For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state. |
[20]For Y haue no man so of o wille, that is bisi for you with clene affeccioun. |
| [21]For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's. |
[21]For alle men seken tho thingis that ben her owne, not tho that ben of Crist Jhesu. |
| [22]But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel. |
[22]But knowe ye the asaie of hym, for as a sone to the fadir he hath seruyd with me in the gospel. |
| [23]Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me. |
[23]Therfor Y hope that Y schal sende hym to you, anoon as Y se what thingis ben aboute me. |
| [24]But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly. |
[24]And Y triste in the Lord, that also my silf schal come to you soone. |
| [25]Yet 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. |
[25]And Y gesside it nedeful to sende to you Epafrodite, my brother and euene worchere, and myn euene knyyt, but youre apostle, and the mynystre of my nede. |
| [26]For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick. |
[26]For he desiride you alle, and he was sorewful, therfor that ye herden that he was sijk. |
| [27]For 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]For he was sijk to the deth, but God hadde merci on him; and not oneli on hym, but also on me, lest Y hadde heuynesse on heuynesse. |
| [28]I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful. |
[28]Therfor more hastili Y sente hym, that whanne ye han seyn hym, ye haue ioye eft, and Y be withouten heuynesse. |
| [29]Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation: |
[29]Therfor resseyue ye hym with al ioye in the Lord, and haue ye suche with al onour. |
| [30]Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me. |
[30]For the werk of Crist he wente to deth, yyuynge his lijf, that he schulde fulfille that that failide of you anentis my seruyce. |