he considered the work of love a greater thing than the manifestation of power and glory. [And as far as the context is concerned, Paul’s point is that this is precisely the attitude (v. 5) we are to have toward one another in the church!] As John Murray put it: “The thought is simply that Christ Jesus did not make his own self the all-absorbing and exclusive object of interest, concern and attention. He became absorbed in concern for others” (238). In summary, then, “the concern is with divine selflessness: