but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Philippians 2:7 in context
Philippians 2:4–10
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each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.
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Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,
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who, existing in the form of God, didn’t consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,
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but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men.
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And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, yes, the death of the cross.
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Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name,
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that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth,
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