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We need to understand that following Jesus means following him as a servant who humbles himself -- or we'll never really understand him. So let's begin as Paul sets up the issues in the first few verses. This passage has six sections: An appeal to Christ's blessings and benefits (2:1) A call to unity (2:2) A warning against selfishness (2:3a)
46 Bible Verses about emptiness. Most Relevant Verses. Isaiah 45:18. Verse Concepts. For thus says the Lord, who created the heavens (He is the God who formed the earth and made it, He established it and did not create it a waste place, but formed it to be inhabited), “I am the Lord, and there is none else. Habakkuk 2:14. Verse Concepts.
What does it mean that Christ “emptied Himself” in Phil. 2:6–7? John MacArthur. 1 Min Read. Philippians 2:6–7 does not mean that Christ became anything less than He was. It does not mean that He ceased to be God because then He would have ceased to be who He was.
Philippians 2:7. ESV but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. NIV rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. NASB but emptied Himself by taking the form of a bond-servant and being born in the likeness of men.
- Matthew 11:28-29 ESV / 84 helpful votes. Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
- Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 61 helpful votes. A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.
- Job 15:31-32 ESV / 54 helpful votes. Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself, for emptiness will be his payment. It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not be green.
- Luke 11:24 ESV / 45 helpful votes. “When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and finding none it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’
Jan 4, 2022 · The term kenosis refers to the doctrine of Christ’s “self-emptying” in His incarnation. The word comes from the Greek of Philippians 2:7, which says that Jesus “emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men” (ESV).
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Oct 8, 2015 · The word “vainglory” is translated from κενοδοξίαν, which basically comes from two words, κενός, meaning “empty,” and δόξα, meaning “glory.” It seems to me that the apostle Paul is contrasting the manner of the Philippians with that of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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