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1 Think about what we have in YAHUSHA MESSIAH: the encouragement He has brought us, the comfort of His love, our sharing in His Spirit, and the mercy and kindness He has shown us. If you enjoy these blessings, 2 then do what will make my joy complete: Agree with each other, and show your love for each other. Be united in your goals and in the way you think. 3 In whatever you do, don’t let selfishness or pride be your guide. Be humble, and honour others more than yourselves. 4 Don’t be interested only in your own life, but care about the lives of others too.

5 In your life together, think the way Messiah YAHUSHA thought. 6 He was like Alahim in every way, but He did not think that His being equal with Alahim was something to use for His own benefit. 7 Instead, He gave up everything, even His place with Alahim. He accepted the role of a servant, appearing in human form. During His life as a man, 8 He humbled Himself by being fully obedient to Alahim,  even when that caused His death—death on a Torture Stake. 9 So Alahim raised Him to the most important place and gave Him the Name that is greater than any other Name. YAHUSHA AS ALAHIM IS THE GREATEST NAME EVER!

10 Alahim did this so that every person would bow down to honour the Name of YAHUSHA. Everyone in heaven, on earth, and under the earth will bow. 11 They will all confess, “YAHUSHA Messiah is Master,” and this will bring glorious-esteem and majestic-splendour to Alahim the Father.

12 My dear friends, you always obeyed what you were taught. Just as you obeyed when I was with you, it is even more important for you to obey now that I am not there. So you must continue to live in a way that gives meaning to your deliverance. Do this with fear and respect for YAHUSHA. 13 Yes, it is Alahim Who is working in you. He helps you want to do what pleases Him, and He gives you the power to do it. 14 Do everything without complaining or arguing 15 so that you will be blameless and pure, children of Alahim without any fault. But you are living with evil people all around you, who have lost their sense of what is right. Among those people, you shine like lights in a dark world, 16 , and you offer them the teaching that gives life. So I can be proud of you when MESSIAH YAHUSHA comes again. You will show that my work was not wasted—that I ran in the race and won.

17 Your trusting-belief makes you give your lives as a sacrifice in serving Alahim. Maybe I will have to offer my own life with your sacrifice. But if that happens, I will be glad, and I will share my joy with all of you. 18 You also should be glad and share your joy with me.

19 With the blessing of the Master YAHUSHA, I hope I will be able to send Timothy to you soon. I will be glad to learn how you are. 20 I have no one else like Timothy, who genuinely cares for you. 21 Others are interested only in their own lives. They don’t care about the work of MESSIAH YAHUSHA. 22 You know the kind of person Timothy is. He has served with me in telling the Good News like a son with his father. 23 I plan to send him to you quickly, as soon as I know what will happen to me. 24 I am sure the Master will help me come to you soon.

25 For now, I think I must send Epaphroditus back to you. He is my brother in Alahim’s family, who works and serves with me in the Master’s army. When I needed help, you sent him to me, 26 but now he wants very much to see all of you again. He is worried because you heard that he was sick. 27 He was sick and near death. But Alahim helped him and me too, so that I would not have even more grief. 28 So I want very much to send him to you. When you see him, you can be happy. And I can stop worrying about you. 29 Welcome him in the Master with much joy. Give honor to people like Epaphroditus. 30 He should be honoured because he almost died for the work of Messiah. He put his life in danger so that he could help me. This was help that you could not give me.

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