2 Corinthians 12:15

12:15 Now I will most gladly spend and be spent for your lives! 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.

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, any affection or mercy,

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,


tn Grk “souls.”

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

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.

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