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Philippians 2:17

Contemporary English Version 1995

Your faith in the Lord and your service are like a sacrifice offered to him. And my own blood may have to be poured out with the sacrifice. If this happens, I will be glad and rejoice with you.

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Now the time has come for me to die. My life is like a drink offering being poured out on the altar.

He chose me to be a servant of Christ Jesus for the Gentiles and to do the work of a priest in the service of his good news. God did this so that the Holy Spirit could make the Gentiles into a holy offering, pleasing to him.

So I will gladly give all I have and all I am. Will you love me less for loving you too much?

I am glad I can suffer for you. I am pleased also that in my own body I can continue the suffering of Christ for his body, the church.

I honestly expect and hope I will never do anything to be ashamed of. Whether I live or die, I always want to be as brave as I am now and bring honor to Christ.

I trust you completely. I am always proud of you, and I am greatly encouraged. In all my trouble I am still very happy.

We know what love is because Jesus gave his life for us. This is why we must give our lives for each other.

Dear friends, God is good. So I beg you to offer your bodies to him as a living sacrifice, pure and pleasing. That's the most sensible way to serve God.

And now you are living stones being used to build a spiritual house. You are also a group of holy priests, and with the help of Jesus Christ you will offer sacrifices that please God.

We cared so much for you, and you became so dear to us, that we were willing to give our lives for you when we gave you God's message.

I have been paid back everything, and with interest. I am completely satisfied with the gifts you sent with Epaphroditus. They are like a sweet-smelling offering or like the right kind of sacrifice that pleases God.

He almost died working for Christ, and he risked his own life to do for me what you could not.

But Paul answered, “Why are you crying and breaking my heart? I am not only willing to be put in jail for the Lord Jesus, but I am even willing to die for him in Jerusalem!”

But I don't care what happens to me, as long as I finish the work the Lord Jesus gave me to do. And this work is to tell the good news about God's gift of undeserved grace.

This sacrifice to please me was first offered at Mount Sinai.

Finally, along with each of these two sacrifices, a liter of wine must be poured on the altar as a drink offering.

and we are always happy, even in times of suffering. Although we are poor, we have made many people rich. And though we own nothing, everything is ours.

In the same way, you should be glad and rejoice with me.

This means that death is working in us, but life is working in you.




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