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Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, but emptied himself (ekenÅsen heauton), taking the form of a slave, being born in human likeness. And being found in human form, he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death ...
Christians interpret this as referring to the later coming of Jesus. [4] The Epistle to the Philippians in the Christian New Testament reads: And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. —
Jesus is an assurance that God all-powerful isn’t careless, hurtful, and vicious like the gods of Ancient Greece and Rome, but that instead, he cares infinitely for each human heart.
In contrast, Jesus, also made in the image of God (Phil. 2:5) did not try to grasp equality with God, but instead, humbled himself in obedience to God. Dunn sees the Philippians 2 hymn as an archetypal parallel to the Genesis account of creation and fall, in which Jesus through obedience reverses the curse originally brought upon the world by ...
And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death— even death on a cross! Philippians 2:3–8 New Testament exhortations to humility are found in many places, for example "Blessed are the meek" ( Matthew 5:5 ), "He who exalts himself will be humbled and he who humbles himself will be exalted" ( Matthew ...
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