The Humbled and Exalted Christ

The Humbled and Exalted Christ

ⁱLet

5   a   Command                                  this mind be in you

     b   Characterization                              which was also in Christ Jesus,

6   a   Characterization                                   who,

     b   Background-Status (c)                                    ^jbeing in the form of God,

     c   Rejection                                                   did not consider it ²robbery to be equal with God,

7   a   Suggestion                                                ^kbut

     b   Jesus-Action                                                   ³made Himself of no reputation,

     c   Expansion                                                           taking the form ^lof a bondservant,

          Supplied                                                              and

     d   Expansion                                                           ^mcoming in the likeness of men.

     e   Background-Status (8a)                                        And being found in appearance as a man,

8   a   Jesus-Action                                                   He humbled Himself

          Supplied                                                         and

     b   Expansion                                                           ⁿbecame ^oobedient to the point of death,

     c   Characterization                                                       even the death of the cross. ^[1]

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ⁱ [Matt. 11:29]; Rom. 15:3

^j 2 Cor. 4:4

² Or something to be held onto to be equal

^k Ps. 22:6

³ emptied Himself of His privileges

^l Is. 42:1

^m [John 1:14]; Rom. 8:3; Gal. 4:4; [Heb. 2:17]

ⁿ Ps. 40:6–8; Matt. 26:39; John 10:18; [Rom. 5:19]

^o Heb. 5:8

^[1] The New King James Version. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982. Print.