2Therefore if there is any ¹consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any ^aaffection and mercy, ²^bfulfill my joy ^cby being like-minded, having the same love, being of ^done accord, of one mind. ³^eLet nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but ^fin lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. ⁴^gLet each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of ^hothers.

The Humbled and Exalted Christ

⁵ⁱLet this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, ⁶who, ^jbeing in the form of God, did not consider it ²robbery to be equal with God, ⁷^kbut ³made Himself of no reputation, taking the form ^lof a bondservant, and ^mcoming in the likeness of men. ⁸And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and ⁿbecame ^oobedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. ⁹^pTherefore God also ^qhas highly exalted Him and ^rgiven Him the name which is above every name, ¹⁰^sthat at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth,

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Philippians 2:8: And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

Footnotes

1Or encouragement
2Or something to be held onto to be equal
3emptied Himself of His privileges

Cross references

a Col. 3:12
b John 3:29
c Rom. 12:16
d Phil. 4:2
e Gal. 5:26; James 3:14
f Rom. 12:10; Eph. 5:21
g 1 Cor. 13:5
h Rom. 15:1, 2
i[Matt. 11:29]; Rom. 15:3
j 2 Cor. 4:4
k Ps. 22:6
l Is. 42:1
m[John 1:14]; Rom. 8:3; Gal. 4:4; [Heb. 2:17]
n Ps. 40:6–8; Matt. 26:39; John 10:18; [Rom. 5:19]
o Heb. 5:8
p[Matt. 28:18]; Heb. 2:9
q Ps. 68:18; 110:1; Is. 52:13; Acts 2:33
r Is. 9:6; Luke 1:32; Eph. 1:21
s Is. 45:23; Rom. 14:11; Rev. 5:13