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Philippians 2:7–8

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But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
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From verse 7

  1. 2 Corinthians 8:9Rank 1 from verse 7
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    9For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

  2. Matthew 20:28Rank 2 from verse 7
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    28Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

  3. John 1:14Rank 3 from verse 7
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    14And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

  4. Romans 8:3Rank 4 from verse 7
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    3For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

  5. Isaiah 53:2–3Rank 5 from verse 7
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    2For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

    3He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

  6. Galatians 4:4Rank 6 from verse 7
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    4But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

  7. Hebrews 4:15Rank 7 from verse 7
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    15For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

  8. Romans 15:3Rank 8 from verse 7
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    3For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.

  9. Isaiah 53:11Rank 9 from verse 7
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    11He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.

  10. Mark 10:44–45Rank 10 from verse 7
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    44And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.

    45For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

  11. Hebrews 12:2Rank 11 from verse 7
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    2Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

  12. Luke 22:27Rank 12 from verse 7
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    27For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.

  13. Isaiah 50:5–6Rank 13 from verse 7
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    5¶ The Lord God hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.

    6I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

  14. Philippians 2:6Rank 14 from verse 7
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    6Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

  15. Isaiah 52:13–14Rank 15 from verse 7
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    13¶ Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.

    14As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:

  16. Hebrews 2:9–18Rank 16 from verse 7
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    9But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.

    10For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

    11For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,

    12Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.

    13And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me.

    14Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

    15And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

    16For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.

    17Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.

    18For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.

  17. Isaiah 42:1Rank 17 from verse 7
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    1BEHOLD my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

  18. Romans 15:8Rank 18 from verse 7
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    8Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:

  19. Zechariah 9:9Rank 19 from verse 7
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    9¶ Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

  20. Psalms 22:6Rank 20 from verse 7
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    6But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

  21. John 13:3–14Rank 21 from verse 7
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    3Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God;

    4He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.

    5After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.

    6Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?

    7Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.

    8Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.

    9Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.

    10Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.

    11For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean.

    12So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you?

    13Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.

    14If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet.

  22. Isaiah 49:6–7Rank 22 from verse 7
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    6And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.

    7Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the Lord that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.

  23. Mark 9:12Rank 23 from verse 7
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    12And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.

  24. Matthew 12:18Rank 24 from verse 7
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    18Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.

  25. Hebrews 13:3Rank 25 from verse 7
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    3Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.

  26. Romans 1:3Rank 26 from verse 7
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    3Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;

  27. Daniel 9:26Rank 27 from verse 7
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    26And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

  28. Ezekiel 34:23–24Rank 28 from verse 7
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    23And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.

    24And I the Lord will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the Lord have spoken it.

  29. Isaiah 49:3Rank 29 from verse 7
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    3And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.

  30. Zechariah 3:8Rank 30 from verse 7
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    8Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH.

From verse 8

  1. John 10:18Rank 1 from verse 8
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    18No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.

  2. Hebrews 12:2Rank 2 from verse 8
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    2Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

  3. Romans 5:19Rank 3 from verse 8
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    19For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.

  4. 1 Peter 2:24Rank 4 from verse 8
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    24Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

  5. 1 Peter 3:18Rank 5 from verse 8
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    18For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

  6. 2 Corinthians 8:9Rank 6 from verse 8
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    9For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

  7. Matthew 26:39Rank 7 from verse 8
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    39And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.

  8. Acts 8:33Rank 8 from verse 8
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    33In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.

  9. Galatians 3:13Rank 9 from verse 8
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    13Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

  10. Titus 2:14Rank 10 from verse 8
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    14Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

  11. Hebrews 5:5–9Rank 11 from verse 8
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    5So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee.

    6As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

    7Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;

    8Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;

    9And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;

  12. Isaiah 50:5–6Rank 12 from verse 8
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    5¶ The Lord God hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.

    6I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

  13. John 14:31Rank 13 from verse 8
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    31But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.

  14. Proverbs 15:33Rank 14 from verse 8
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    33The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.

  15. Psalms 40:6–8Rank 15 from verse 8
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    6Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.

    7Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,

    8I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.

  16. John 12:28–32Rank 16 from verse 8
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    28Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.

    29The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.

    30Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes.

    31Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.

    32And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.

  17. John 15:10Rank 17 from verse 8
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    10If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.

  18. Matthew 26:42Rank 18 from verse 8
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    42He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.

  19. Hebrews 10:7–9Rank 19 from verse 8
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    7Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.

    8Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;

    9Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.

  20. Psalms 22:16Rank 20 from verse 8
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    16For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

  21. Deuteronomy 21:23Rank 21 from verse 8
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    23His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

  22. John 4:34Rank 22 from verse 8
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    34Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

  23. Mark 9:2–3Rank 23 from verse 8
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    2¶ And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.

    3And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.

  24. Matthew 17:2Rank 24 from verse 8
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    2And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.

  25. Luke 9:29Rank 25 from verse 8
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    29And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering.

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Philippians 2:7

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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reputation

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The estimation, standing, report, fame, honour, or public opinion in which a person is held.

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upon

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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.

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servant

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One who serves another; a worker, attendant, subject, bondservant, or appointed minister.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

likeness

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Resemblance, similarity, correspondence, form, appearance, image, or representation by which one person or thing is like another.

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DEFINED WORDS

Philippians 2:8

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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fashion

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Form, shape, design, pattern, appearance, manner, or arrangement; to form, shape, make, or prepare according to a design or likeness.

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

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obedient

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Yielding, submitting, or acting according to a command or authority.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

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COMBINED MEANING

cross

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Sense 1: An instrument of execution formed of two pieces of timber crossing each other, used for crucifixion. Sense 2: By reference to Christ, his crucifixion and death upon it. Sense 3: A burden of suffering or self-denial borne in following Christ.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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2:1IF there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

2:2Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

2:3Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

2:4Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

2:5Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

2:6Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

2:7But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

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2:8And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

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2:9Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:

2:10That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;

2:11And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

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