but (A)emptied himself, by taking the form of a (B)servant,[a] (C)being born in the likeness of men.

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 2:7 Or slave (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)

rather, he made himself nothing(A)
    by taking the very nature[a] of a servant,(B)
    being made in human likeness.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 2:7 Or the form

And being found in human form, he humbled himself by (A)becoming obedient to the point of death, (B)even death on a cross.

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And being found in appearance as a man,
    he humbled himself
    by becoming obedient to death(A)
        even death on a cross!(B)

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