The Coming King of Zion

(A)Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
    Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!
(B)Behold, (C)your king is coming to you;
    righteous and having salvation is he,
(D)humble and mounted on a donkey,
    on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

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The Coming of Zion’s King

Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion!(A)
    Shout,(B) Daughter Jerusalem!
See, your king comes to you,(C)
    righteous and victorious,(D)
lowly and riding on a donkey,(E)
    on a colt, the foal of a donkey.(F)

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Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

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Paul Defends His Ministry

10 (A)I, Paul, myself entreat you, by the (B)meekness and gentleness of Christ—I who am humble when face to face with you, but bold toward you when I am away!—

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Paul’s Defense of His Ministry

10 By the humility and gentleness(A) of Christ, I appeal to you—I, Paul,(B) who am “timid” when face to face with you, but “bold” toward you when away!

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10 Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you:

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but (A)emptied himself, by taking the form of a (B)servant,[a] (C)being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by (D)becoming obedient to the point of death, (E)even death on a cross.

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

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 2:7 Or the form

But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

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“Blessed are the (A)meek, for they (B)shall inherit the earth.

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Blessed are the meek,
    for they will inherit the earth.(A)

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Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

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