2 Corinthians 12:15

12:15 Now I will most gladly spend and be spent for your lives! ¹  If I love you more, am I to be loved less?

Philippians 2:30

2:30 since it was because of the work of Christ that he almost died. He risked his life so that he could make up for your inability to serve me. ² 

Philippians 2:1

Christian Unity and Christ’s Humility

2:1 Therefore, if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort provided by love, any fellowship in the Spirit, ³  any affection or mercy, ⁴ 

Philippians 2:8-9

2:8 He humbled himself,

by becoming obedient to the point of death

– even death on a cross!

2:9 As a result God exalted him

and gave him the name

that is above every name,

¹ tn Grk “souls.”

² tn Grk “make up for your lack of service to me.”

³ tn Or “spiritual fellowship” if πνεύματος (pneumato") is an attributive genitive; or “fellowship brought about by the Spirit” if πνεύματος is a genitive of source or production.

⁴ tn Grk “and any affection and mercy.” The Greek idea, however, is best expressed by “or” in English.