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NASB | Philippians 2:7 but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Philippians 2:7 but emptied Himself [without renouncing or diminishing His deity, but only temporarily giving up the outward expression of divine equality and His rightful dignity] by assuming the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men [He became completely human but was without sin, being fully God and fully man]. |
Subject: explain Kenosis |
Bible Note: Greetings Emmaus, this is something I have been pondering and after reading abit I can see how heresy may creep into our thinking. In verse 6 Paul states,"although He existed in the form of God," how can God exist in anything but His form? I see His existence summed up in "I AM". He TOOK the form of a bond-servant. This, to me anyway, does not mean that He changed His form of Existence. you posted: therefore taking on existence as God "in the form of a servant." Simplistically, when I am at home, I am a wife and a mother. When I am at school I am a teacher. Do I change who I am because of the roles I "take on?" Does this make sense? I believe that God WITH us, The Word made flesh support what Paul is saying here. The emptying,(because He "did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped"), was part of God's methodology for carrying out His plan to redeem mankind Himself. Well, these are just my thoughts for now. I do believe we are saying the same thing. Blessings, mommapbs |