Philippians 2:6-8

New International Version

⁶Who, being in very nature^[a] God,^(A)
    did not consider equality with God^(B) something to be used to his own advantage;
⁷rather, he made himself nothing^(C)
    by taking the very nature^[b] of a servant,^(D)
    being made in human likeness.^(E)
⁸And being found in appearance as a man,
    he humbled himself
    by becoming obedient to death^(F)—
        even death on a cross!^(G)

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Philippians 2:6 Or in the form of
Philippians 2:7 Or the form

Colossians 1:16-20

New International Version

¹⁶For in him all things were created:^(A) things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities;^(B) all things have been created through him and for him.^(C) ¹⁷He is before all things,^(D) and in him all things hold together. ¹⁸And he is the head^(E) of the body, the church;^(F) he is the beginning and the firstborn^(G) from among the dead,^(H) so that in everything he might have the supremacy. ¹⁹For God was pleased^(I) to have all his fullness^(J) dwell in him, ²⁰and through him to reconcile^(K) to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven,^(L) by making peace^(M) through his blood,^(N) shed on the cross.