(A)who, though he was in (B)the form of God, did not count equality with God (C)a thing to be grasped,[a] but (D)emptied himself, by taking the form of a (E)servant,[b] (F)being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by (G)becoming obedient to the point of death, (H)even death on a cross.

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 2:6 Or a thing to be held on to for advantage
  2. Philippians 2:7 Or slave (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)

31 And behold, (A)you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and (B)you shall call his name Jesus.

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For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that (A)though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.

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