Fee observes that “Christ did not empty himself of anything; he simply ‘emptied himself,’ poured himself out. This is metaphor, pure and simple. The modifier is expressed in the modal participle that follows; he ‘poured himself out by having taken on the ‘form’ of a slave” (210). 12. There may be a deliberate play on words here that bears some practical significance. In v. 3 Paul warns the Philippians about “empty conceit” (NASB). The Greek word is kenodoxia. It is used in this verse to refer to