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Philippians 2:7

Jesus ChristHumilityServing others

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

6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:

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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,

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  • 2 Corinthians 8:9

    For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

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  • Matthew 20:28

    Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

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  • John 1:14

    And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

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  • Romans 8:3

    For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

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  • Isaiah 53:2–3

    For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

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  • Galatians 4:4

    But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

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  • Hebrews 4:15

    For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

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  • Romans 15:3

    For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.

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