English Standard Version. 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,[ a] 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant,[ b]being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 9 In her new Philippians commentary the second inaugural volume in the new commentary series The Story of God Bible Commentary, Philippians 2:6-11 speaks with great economy of words about mysteries no human mind can fully comprehend — the character of the Godhead, the incarnation of Jesus, the glorification of Christ. Philippians 2 Commentary; Philippians 3 Commentary; Philippians 4 Commentary; PAUL APPLE Commentary on Philippians. April, 2001 (Revised Jan, 2003). 117 Page Devotional Commentary Philippians 2:6-11 The Inside Story of the Incarnation; Philippians 2:6-11 The Humility and Exaltation of Christ; Philippians 2:12 God at Work in You - 1; Keith Krell - In the Isaiah passage, Yahweh, and Yahweh alone, is unique and the only One who creates, redeems, and sustains (45:17-18). Thus, the passage is a powerful statement about Yahweh's supremacy. It is precisely this supremacy, which is conferred on Jesus in 2:10-11. Note again the process, though. Reading II: Philippians 2:6-11. The second reading from Paul's Letter to the Philippians is a quotation from an early Christian hymn that proclaims the meaning of Jesus' death and resurrection. Even though Jesus was God, he obediently accepted the humiliation of the cross, and God raised him in glory. Paul's challenge is to make Jesus Through an allusion to Isaiah 45, this text in Philippians 2 emphasizes Jesus' equality with God. Christ's singular sacrifice. As has been noted, the Christ Hymn both explicitly in Philippians 2:6 and implicitly through an allusion to Isaiah in 2:10-11 highlights Jesus' godhood. .

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