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Charles Cousar interprets three letters of Paul, each of which shows the apostle in a different light. In Galatians, Paul contends for the gospel against a group of Jewish-Christian missionaries who have come into the congregations. In Philippians, Paul addresses his favorite community in intimate terms to offer thanks for a gift they have sent him and to urge them to maintain unity in the face...

The problems with this interpretation are the linguistic assumptions made. “Form” (morphē) and “image” (eikōn) do not turn out to be quite so synonymous in the LXX as is suggested, nor does harpagmos likely denote something not yet possessed. Beyond the dubious linguistic data however, the association with Adam seems highly possible and in line with Paul’s christology elsewhere. A third (and the most plausible) interpretation understands 2:6–8 as the narrative of the incarnation, as with the first
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