Philippians 2
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Philippians 2:3-9

3Do nothing 1from 23selfishness or 4empty conceit, but with humility of mind 5regard one another as more important than yourselves;

46do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.

57Have this attitude 8in yourselves which was also in 9Christ Jesus,

6who, although He 10existed in the 11form of God, 12did not regard equality with God a thing to be 13grasped,

7but 1415emptied Himself, taking the form of a 16bond-servant, and 17being made in the likeness of men.

8Being found in appearance as a man, 18He humbled Himself by becoming 19obedient to the point of death, even 20death 21on a cross.

922For this reason also, God 23highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him 24the name which is above every name,

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Notes

  1. 1. Philippians 2:3 Lit according to ↩
  2. 2. Philippians 2:3 Or contentiousness ↩
  3. 3. Philippians 2:3 Rom 2:8; Phil 1:17 ↩
  4. 4. Philippians 2:3 Gal 5:26 ↩
  5. 5. Philippians 2:3 Rom 12:10; Eph 5:21 ↩
  6. 6. Philippians 2:4 Rom 15:1f ↩
  7. 7. Philippians 2:5 Matt 11:29; Rom 15:3 ↩
  8. 8. Philippians 2:5 Or among ↩
  9. 9. Philippians 2:5 Phil 1:1 ↩
  10. 10. Philippians 2:6 John 1:1 ↩
  11. 11. Philippians 2:6 2 Cor 4:4 ↩
  12. 12. Philippians 2:6 John 5:18; 10:33; 14:28 ↩
  13. 13. Philippians 2:6 I.e. utilized or asserted ↩
  14. 14. Philippians 2:7 I.e. laid aside His privileges ↩
  15. 15. Philippians 2:7 2 Cor 8:9 ↩
  16. 16. Philippians 2:7 Matt 20:28 ↩
  17. 17. Philippians 2:7 John 1:14; Rom 8:3; Gal 4:4; Heb 2:17 ↩
  18. 18. Philippians 2:8 2 Cor 8:9 ↩
  19. 19. Philippians 2:8 Matt 26:39; John 10:18; Rom 5:19; Heb 5:8 ↩
  20. 20. Philippians 2:8 Heb 12:2 ↩
  21. 21. Philippians 2:8 Lit of ↩
  22. 22. Philippians 2:9 Heb 1:9 ↩
  23. 23. Philippians 2:9 Matt 28:18; Acts 2:33; Heb 2:9 ↩
  24. 24. Philippians 2:9 Eph 1:21 ↩

Commentaries on Philippians 2

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