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Philippians 2:5-11

Good News Translation (GNT)

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  5  The attitude you should have is the one that
   Christ Jesus had:
  6  He always had the nature of God, but he did
   not think that by force he should try to remain
   (a) equal with God.
  7  Instead of this, of his own free will he gave up
   all he had, and took the nature of a servant.
   He became like a human being and appeared
   in human likeness.
  8  He was humble and walked the path of
   obedience all the way to death - his death
   on the cross.
  9  For this reason God raised him to the
   highest place above and gave him the name
   that is greater than any other name.
10  And so, in honour of the name of Jesus all
   beings in heaven, on earth, and in the world
   below(b) will fall on their knees,
11  and all will openly proclaim that Jesus Christ
   is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

  Footnotes
   Philippians 2:6 remain; or become.

   Philippians 2:10 It was thought that the dead
   continued to exist in a dark world under the
   ground.

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Commentary taken from
'The Applied New Testament Commentary'
(Kingsway)

The Example of Jesus

    Philippians 2:5-11

The greatest example of humility is Jesus Himself. Even though he was God himself - he nonetheless lowered himself and made himself a servant for our sakes. Let the attitude that was in Jesus be also in us!

The very nature, character, and qualities of God are in Jesus. But even though he was equal with God, he voluntarily emptied Himself of all these divine qualities and made himself nothing.

He took the nature of a man - indeed, the nature of a servant. Jesus did not have to grasp His equality with God; it was His to begin with.

An heir doesn't have to grasp at his inheritance; it is his; it has been preserved for him.

Jesus was a man like us in every way - except that he never sinned. While he was on earth, He didn't stop being God. He allowed Himself to be killed on a cross as a criminal. In his time, to be put to death on a cross was the most contemptible thing that could happen to a man.

The Romans used to crucify only the worst criminals on crosses. There was nothing lower than a crucified criminal. God exalted him to the right hand of God in heaven.

At the end of the world, every knee (every person) - whether living or dead, whether a believer in Jesus or an unbeliever - will bow; and every tongue (every person) will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord

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