Instead He emptied Himself(A)
by assuming the form of a slave,(B)
taking on the likeness of men.(C)
And when He had come as a man
in His external form,

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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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  1. Philippians 2:7 Or the form

This is how you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has[a] come in the flesh(A) is from God.(B)

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  1. 1 John 4:2 Or confesses Jesus to be the Christ

This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh(A) is from God,(B)

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20 And we know that the Son of God has come(A) and has given us understanding so that we may know the true One.[a] We are in the true One—that is, in His Son Jesus Christ.(B) He is the true God and eternal life.

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  1. 1 John 5:20 Other mss read the true God

20 We know also that the Son of God has come(A) and has given us understanding,(B) so that we may know him who is true.(C) And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.(D)

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