Philippians 2:1

Easy To Read Version

Is there any way in Christ that I can ask you to do something? Does your love make you want to comfort me? Do we share together in the Spirit {\cf2\super [12]} ? Do you have mercy and kindness?

Cross References

Psalm 133:1

Oh how good and pleasant it is\par when brothers can sit together,\par truly united!\par

Isaiah 16:11

So, I am very sad for Moab.\par I am very sad for Kir Heres. {\cf2\super [172]} \par I am very, very sad for these cities.\par

Luke 2:25

A man named Simeon lived in Jerusalem. He was a good man that truly worshiped God. Simeon was waiting for the time when God would come to help Israel (the Jews). The Holy Spirit {\cf2\super [35]} was in him.

John 14:18

“I will not leave you all alone like children without parents. I will come back to you.

John 14:27

“I leave you peace. It is my own peace I give you. I give you peace in a different way than the world does. So don’t be troubled. Don’t be afraid.

John 17:13

“I am coming to you now. But I pray these things while I am still in the world. I say these things so that these men can have the true happiness that I have. I want them to be completely happy.

Acts 2:46

The believers met together in the temple {\cf2\super [48]} yard every day. They all had the same purpose. They ate {\cf2\super [49]} together in their homes. They were happy to share their food and ate with joyful hearts.

Acts 4:32

The group of believers were all the same in their thinking and in what they wanted. No person in the group said that the things he had were his own. Instead, they shared everything.

Romans 5:5

And this hope will never disappoint us—\{it will never fail\}. Why? Because God has poured out his love to fill our hearts. God gave us his love through the Holy Spirit. {\cf2\super [48]} That Holy Spirit was a gift to us from God.

Romans 8:26

Also, the Spirit {\cf2\super [68]} helps us. We are very weak, but the Spirit helps us with our weakness. We don’t know how to pray like we should. But the Spirit himself speaks to God for us. The Spirit begs God for us. The Spirit speaks to God with deep feelings that words cannot explain.

1 Corinthians 12:13

Some of us are Jews and some of us are Greeks (non-Jews); some of us are slaves and some of us are free. But we were all baptized {\cf2\super [86]} into one body through one Spirit. {\cf2\super [87]} And we were all given {\cf2\super [88]} the one Spirit.

1 Corinthians 15:31

I die every day. That is true, brothers, the same as it is true that I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.

1 Corinthians 3:16

You should know that you yourselves are God’s temple (house). God’s Spirit {\cf2\super [19]} lives in you.

2 Corinthians 13:14

The grace (kindness) of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship (sharing) of the Holy Spirit {\cf2\super [50]} be with you all.

2 Corinthians 2:14

But thanks be to God. God always leads us in victory through Christ. God uses us to spread his knowledge everywhere like a sweet-smelling perfume.

Galatians 4:6

You are God’s children. That is why God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts. The Spirit {\cf2\super [49]} cries out, “Abba, {\cf2\super [50]} Father.”

Galatians 5:22

But the Spirit {\cf2\super [74]} gives love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Ephesians 4:4

There is one body and one Spirit. And God called you to have one hope.

Philippians 1:8

God knows that I want to see you very much. I love all of you with the love of Christ Jesus.

Philippians 3:3

But we are the people who are truly circumcised. {\cf2\super [16]} We worship (serve) God through his Spirit. {\cf2\super [17]} We are proud to be in Christ Jesus. And we don’t trust in ourselves or anything we can do.

Colossians 2:2

I want them to be strengthened and joined together with love. I want them to have the full confidence that comes from understanding. I mean I want them to know fully the secret truth that God has made known. That truth is Christ himself.

Colossians 3:12

God has chosen you and made you his holy people. {\cf2\super [18]} He loves you. So always do these things: Show mercy to people; be kind, humble, gentle, and patient.

Hebrews 6:18

Those two things cannot change. God cannot lie when he says something and he cannot lie when he makes a vow. So those things give great comfort to us who came to God for safety. Those two things give us comfort and strength to continue in the hope that God gives us.

1 Peter 1:2

God planned long ago to choose you by making you his holy people. {\cf2\super [2]} Making you holy is the Spirit’s {\cf2\super [3]} work. God wanted you to obey him and to be made clean by the blood (death) of Jesus Christ. Grace (kindness) and peace be yours more and more.

1 John 3:24

The person who obeys God’s commands lives in God. And God lives in that person. How do we know that God lives in us? We know because of the Spirit {\cf2\super [13]} that God gave us.

1 John 4:12

No person has ever seen God. But if we love each other, then God lives in us. If we love each other, then God’s love has reached its goal—it is made perfect in us.

1 John 4:16

And so we know the love that God has for us. And we trust that love.