2:12 So then is not simply a signal that Paul is resuming his exhortation to the community. The Christ hymn, in other words, was not an interruption, but was the very heart of his exhortation. “So then” signals that what he is about to urge flows from the Christ story he has just celebrated. Putting on the mind of Jesus has practical implications. The Philippian Christians are beloved in several ways: beloved of God the Father and the Lord Jesus, beloved of one another (1:9; 2:1, 2), and the objects