The so-called ‘Christ hymn’ of Phil. 2.5-11 has maintained great scholarly interest for over a century, with monographs and articles continuing to appear that seek to address important critical issues. Questions including the pre-existence of Christ and ‘kenotic theology’ have digressed and been revived with the invocation of numerous
Although Timothy is mentioned along with Paul in the epistle’s greeting (see Philippians 1:1), Paul wrote the Epistle to the Philippians. This is supported by the use of the singular pronoun I throughout the letter and the reference to Timothy in Philippians 2:19. Timothy may have acted as Paul’s scribe, writing the letter under Paul’s
Philippians 2:6-11. 6 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; 7 rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death— even death on a
attributable to Paul, but asserts an even more intriguing point: that Philippians 2:6-11 is a lyric poem with an identifiable Classical Greek meter. However, whereas scholars have investigated the possibility of Philippians 2:6-11 having a meter, Levin argues that the passage follows a specific model, that of the ancient Greek poet Pindar.
The story of the church’s origin is found in Acts 16. The first convert was a woman named Lydia “whose heart the Lord opened” (Acts 16:14). More dramatically, the Philippians jailer and his household were converted after Paul and Silas were thrown into jail after being beaten publicly.
a twofold exhortation to unity and humility. In verses 1-2, Paul issues his appeal to unity. This. appeal is based upon four parallel clauses describing four shared experiences of the Philippians. In verses 3-4, Paul issues his appeal to humility. This appeal is to regard others more highly their.
In Philippians 2:6–7, Paul presents a balanced, complete view of Christ: fully God and fully man. To maintain the truth of Christ’s humanity while at the same time denying the truth of His deity is to rob the Incarnation of its awesome power. He who eternally is God became fully man in order to fully redeem mankind.
Philippians 2:6. Who being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God.—Ὅς has for its antecedent Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ, and points to His antemundane state, as Philippians 2:7-8, refer to His earthly existence, and Philippians 2:9-11 refer to His subsequent glorified condition
"Having ’the same mindset in the Lord ’ has been specifically spelled out in the preceding paradigmatic narratives, where Christ (Philippians 2:6-11) has humbled himself by taking the ’form of a slave’ and thus becoming obedient unto death on a cross, and Paul (Philippians 3:4-14) has expressed his longing to know Christ, especially
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