what we might call a “two-state hermeneutic.” Their description tended to draw on the language of Philippians 2 to insist that some texts spoke of the Son in the form of God, while others spoke of him in the form of a servant. This allowed the most obviously apparent subordinationist texts to be read without compromising the equality of Father and Son. Jesus indeed said, “The Father is greater than I,” but he said this “in the form of a servant.” What we call
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