Philippians 2:5–11

Christ’s Humility and Exaltation

5 Make your own attitude that of Christ Jesus,

6 who, existing in the form of God,

did not consider equality with God m

as something to be used for His own advantage. n

7 Instead He emptied Himself o

by assuming the form of a * slave, p

taking on the likeness of men. q

And when He had come as a man

in His external form,

8 He humbled Himself by becoming obedient

to the point of death—

even to death on a cross. r

9 For this reason God highly exalted Him s

and gave Him the name

that is above every name,

10 so that at the name of Jesus

every knee will bow t—

of those who are in heaven u and on earth

and under the earth v—

11 and every tongue w should confess

that Jesus Christ is Lord, x

to the glory y of God the Father.