🦝 Philippians 2 6 11 Commentary

exegesis of over fifty Bible Commentaries, Bible Dictionaries, New Testament Greek word study texts, and additional writings on the Letter to the Philippians making specific Exposition of Philippians 2:1-11..61 Exposition of Philippians 2:1-4..62 Application Taken from Philippians 2:1 ..67 Application Taken from In essence, form, character, and attributes He is fully God, and He remains the God of all gods and Light of all lights. The Son of God does not simply resemble God, but He is equal with the Father - equal in every aspect of His deity, His majesty, and His character. Christ is the incarnate Word, and the Word was made flesh and tabernacled Here is his divine nature: Who being in the form of God (Philippians 2:6; Philippians 2:6), partaking of the divine nature, as the eternal and only begotten Son of God. This agrees with John 1:1 , In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God: it is of the same import with being the image of the invisible God ( Colossians 1:15 ), and His whole life was a life of poverty and suffering. But the lowest step was his dying the death of the cross, the death of a malefactor and a slave; exposed to public hatred and scorn. The exaltation was of Christ's human nature, in union with the Divine. Exegetical-Theological Analysis of Philippians 2:6-11. Philippians 2:6-11 can be divided into two parts: (1) 2:6-8 and (2) 9-11. [8] This division is prompted by a pivot that transitions from the cursus pudorum (course of ignominies; vv. 6-8) to the cursus honorum (vv. 9-11). [9] The cursus pudorum underlines the exemplary, humble obedience of Philippians 1:14-30 "When I go down to the grave I can say I've finished my day's work, but I cannot say I finished my life. My life's work will begin the next morning. The tomb is not a blind alley. It is a thoroughfare. It closes with the twilight to open with the dawn." -Victor Hugo. Philippians 2:1-6. Thus speaketh Christ our Philippians 2:9-11. The Exaltation of Christ— I. Was a divine act.—"Wherefore God also hath highly exalted Him" Philippians 2:9). As a recognition of the humiliation and obedience of Christ, God exalted Him to the throne of mediatorial sovereignty. (9) Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him. —The exaltation, like the humiliation, belongs to Him, as Son of Man; for He was "lifted up," as on the cross, so in the Ascension. It raises Him to the throne of the Mediatorial kingdom, on which He entered by the Ascension, sitting at the right hand of God till He has put all enemies under His feet, and then ready "to deliver up the Thus in Philippians 2:6 , the phrase "who being (huparchon) in the form of God," implies His preexistent Deity, previous to His birth, and His continued Deity afterwards. (Expository Dictionary) Zodhiates- Morphḗ in Phil. 2:6-8 presumes an objective reality. No one could be in the form (morphḗ) of God who was not God. .

philippians 2 6 11 commentary