⁷ rather, he made himself nothing^(A)
    by taking the very nature^[a] of a servant,^(B)
    being made in human likeness.^(C)
8 And being found in appearance as a man,
    he humbled himself
    by becoming obedient to death^(D)—
        even death on a cross!^(E)

⁵ Blessed are the meek,
    for they will inherit the earth.^(A)