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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: Must Christ have had a human nature? |
Bible Note: Hi Jesified, I appreciate your post but I am late in taking note of it. I must wait until a better time to answer fully. Are you using the NIV? You have answered with Philippians 2:7. The word "nature" is not the word in the Greek. The word is "morphe", Strong's #3444 meaning, "form, shape". Philippians 2:6 talks about the "form of God" and verse 7 talks about the "form of a bond-servant". Both are #3444. So Philippians 2:7 is not talking about a human nature as we think of it. He emptied Himself taking the form of a bond-servant, and being in the likeness of men. But I believe that He was found in appearance as a Man. I believe that He was God's Servant taking the form of a bond-servant. One source that I use translates Philippians 2:6,7, "who subsisting in the form of God thought it not robbery to be equal with God, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a slave, becoming in the likeness of men". Note the "subsisting" rather than "existing". I will have to talk with you later about some of our differing outlooks. I think of the one Seed of Abraham. I see Jesus as the Son of David, the Son of Joseph, and the Son of Abraham. I see Jesus as the Lamb of God and as a Passover lamb without blemish. In the Lord's Supper, I think that we drink the blood of the Man. I will also have to take issue with your understanding of Job 15:14. I have been asking this question of why people think that we need to think of Jesus as a man for some time now. I welcome your input and hoping to talk with you later when I am more awake also. From the heart, Ray |