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But stripped Himself [of all privileges and [a]rightful dignity], so as to assume the guise of a servant (slave), in that He became like men and was born a human being.

And after He had appeared in human form, He abased and humbled Himself [still further] and carried His obedience to the extreme of death, even the death of the cross!

Therefore [because He stooped so low] God has highly exalted Him and has [b]freely bestowed on Him the name that is above every name,

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 2:7 George R. Berry, Greek-English New Testament Lexicon.
  2. Philippians 2:9 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.

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