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Philippians 2:6-8 KJV
Philippians · chapter 2 · verses 6–8
6Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.Philippians 2:6-8 · King James Version
Philippians 2:6-8 in context
4Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
5Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
6Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
7But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
8And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
9Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
10That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
Commentary
Cross references
- John 5:18
- 2 Corinthians 4:4
- Hebrews 1:3
- John 17:5
- Colossians 1:15-16
- John 10:30
- Revelation 21:6
- Isaiah 9:6
- 2 Corinthians 8:9
- Matthew 20:28
- John 1:14
- Romans 8:3
Key words (Strong's)
- likenesshomoiōmathat which has been made after the likeness of something, a figure, image, likeness…G3667 →
- obedienthypēkoosgiving ear, obedientG5255 →
- robberyharpagmosthe act of seizing, robbery, a thing seized or to be seized, booty to deem anything a…G725 →
- himselfheautouhimself, herself, itself, themselvesG1438 →
- servantdoulosa slave, bondman, man of servile condition, a slave, metaph., one who gives himself up to…G1401 →
- fashionschēmathe habitus, as comprising everything in a person which strikes the senses, the figure…G4976 →
- humbledtapeinoōto make low, bring low, to level, reduce to a plain, metaph. to bring into a humble…G5013 →
- equalisosequal, in quantity or qualityG2470 →
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The apostle proceeds in this chapter where he left off in the last, with further exhortations to Christian duties. He presses them largely to like-mindedness and lowly-mindedness, in conformity to the example of the Lord Jesus, the great pattern of humility and love. Here we may observe, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-11