Who being in the [a]form of God, [b]thought it no robbery to be [c]equal with God:

But he made himself of [d]no reputation, and took on him the [e]form of a servant, and was made like unto men, and was found in shape as a man.

He humbled himself, and became obedient unto the death, even the death of the cross.

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 2:6 Such as God himself is, and therefore God, for there is none in all parts like to God, but God himself.
  2. Philippians 2:6 Christ, that glorious and everlasting God, knew that he might rightfully and lawfully not appear in the base flesh of man, but remain with majesty meet for God: yet he chose rather to debase himself.
  3. Philippians 2:6 If the Son be equal to the Father, then is there of necessity an equality, which Arrius, that Heretic, denieth: and if the Son be compared with the Father, then is there a distinction of persons, which Sabellius, that heretic, denieth.
  4. Philippians 2:7 He brought himself from all things, as it were to nothing.
  5. Philippians 2:7 By taking our manhood upon him.

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