Philippians 2:7

5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus:

6 Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,

but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness.

8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death— even death on a cross.

9 Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names,

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness.
KJV
But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
WEB
but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men.
ASV
but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men;
DARBY
but emptied himself, taking a bondman's form, taking his place in [the] likeness of men;
BLB
but emptied Himself, having taken the form of a servant, having been made in the likeness of men.
ÅB
men av seg selv gav avkall på det og tok en tjeners skikkelse på seg, idet han kom i menneskers lignelse,
OTB
men ga avkall på sitt eget,
tok på seg en tjeners skikkelse,
og kom i menneskers liknelse.
B1930
men av sig selv gav avkall på det og tok en tjeners skikkelse på sig, idet han kom i menneskers lignelse,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Corinthians 8:9

    For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.

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  • Matthew 20:28

    just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

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  • John 1:14

    The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

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  • Romans 8:3

    For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh,

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  • Isaiah 53:2–3

    He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.

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  • Galatians 4:4

    But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

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  • Hebrews 4:15

    For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.

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  • Romans 15:3

    For even Christ did not please Himself, but as it is written: “The insults of those who insult You have fallen on Me.”

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