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Have this mind among yourselves, which was in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God,[a] did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself,[b] taking the form of a servant,[c] being born in the likeness of men.

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  1. 2.6 in the form of God: The Greek shows that divine attributes, and therefore nature, are implied here. It is not the divine nature he set no store by, but equality of treatment and recognition of his divinity.
  2. 2.7 emptied himself of this external recognition, which was his right.
  3. Philippians 2:7 Or slave

In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:(A)

Who, being in very nature[a] God,(B)
    did not consider equality with God(C) something to be used to his own advantage;
rather, he made himself nothing(D)
    by taking the very nature[b] of a servant,(E)
    being made in human likeness.(F)

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