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Designed to strengthen the global church with a widely accessible, theologically sound, and pastorally wise resource for understanding and applying the overarching storyline of the Bible, this commentary series features the full text of the ESV Bible passage by passage, with crisp and theologically rich exposition and application. Editors Iain M. Duguid, James M. Hamilton, and Jay A. Sklar have...

II.B.3. Example: Christ (2:5–11) a. The Call: Have the Mind of Christ (2:5) b. The Example: Christ Made Himself Low (2:6–8) c. The Response: God Raised Him High (2:9–11) 2:5 Paul commands the Philippians to have the mind of Christ. He stresses the corporate and communal nature of this command, as they are to have this mind “among” them.32 To have the mind of Christ requires knowing the mind of Christ. How could anyone look into the mind of Christ? Through the miracle of inspiration,
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