Philippians 2:5-6

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Philippians 2:1-18

Paul Explains What God requires Of Them As His People And As Citizens of Heaven Who As A Result Of Believing Have Been United With Christ In His Humiliation And Exaltation (Philippians 1:27 to Philippians 2:18 ). Having assured them of his prayers and concern for them, and having satisfactorily explained the current situation as it affected him, Paul now turned his attention to exhorting the church to themselves ‘live like citizens worthy of the Gospel’ (Philippians 1:27). That is, they are... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Philippians 2:5

‘Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus,’ We may translate more literally, ‘Be thus minded (phroneite) in/among yourselves which also in Christ Jesus’. The thought here is not simply that they were to see what Jesus Christ did as an example which they were to follow, although it included that, but that they were to see it as something into which they were to actually enter by experience. This is made clear in Philippians 3:15 where Paul speaks of entering into the resurrection... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Philippians 2:5-11

A Description Of The Pathway Of Humility And Selflessness Followed By Jesus Christ, And Its Final Glorious Consequence (Philippians 2:5-11 ). Paul has previously emphasised ‘the Gospel’ (Philippians 1:5; Philippians 1:27 (twice)), but now he portrays it in all its fullness. It is that we can and should follow Jesus Christ in denying ourselves, taking up the cross and following Him (Matthew 16:24; Mark 8:34), entering personally into His humiliation and death, and subsequently into His... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Philippians 2:6-7

‘Who, existing in the form of God, counted not the being on an equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men,’ Thus they were to follow the pattern of, and set their minds to walk with, the One Who, although by nature God, set aside His status, refusing to hold on to it, and, setting aside all His rights, took the form and status of a slave, being made truly man. For ‘emptied Himself’ compare Philippians 2:3, ‘Doing... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Philippians 2:5-11

Php_2:5-11 . The Kenosis and the Exaltation.— The word Kenosis has become a technical term in Christian theology for the self-emptying of Christ. Its origin in that relation is derived from the present important passage, where we read that He “ emptied (Gr. ekenô sen) himself” ( Php_2:7 ). The previous verses leading up to this passage indicate its spirit; the example of Christ is to be cited in order to enforce the duty of humility and the opposite to self-assertion. Paul would have his... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Philippians 2:4-5

Let; most translations do express the causal or rather illative Greek particle, which ours doth here omit as an expletive. However, the apostle doth urge them to the exercise of self-denial, mutual love, and a hearty condescension to one another, from the great example of Jesus Christ, 2 Corinthians 8:9; that so the mind which was in Christ may be perceived in us, who, if spiritual, judge all things and have the mind of Christ; being enlightened by the same Spirit, we do judge as he coming in... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Philippians 2:6

Who, i.e. relative to Christ Jesus, the eternal Son of God by nature, very God extant with his Father before the beginning, John 1:1; Galatians 4:4; 1 Timothy 3:16; 1 Timothy 6:14-16; Titus 2:13; the express image and character of his Father’s person, which implies a peculiar subsistence distinct from the subsistence of his Father, John 8:42; 2 Corinthians 4:4; Colossians 1:15; Hebrews 1:3; concerning whom, every word that follows, by reason of the Socinians, and some Lutherans, is to be well... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Philippians 2:5-8

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTESPhilippians 2:5. Let this mind be in you.—The apostle’s word reminds us that he had already counselled his readers to be likeminded amongst themselves. “Each to each, and all to Christ,” this verse seems to say. What follows—to Philippians 2:11—is the very marrow of the gospel.Philippians 2:6. Who, being in the form of God.—R.V. margin, “being originally.” Form here implies not the external accidents, but the essential attributes. Similar to this, but not so... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Philippians 2:1-11

Philippians 2:1-11 I. "If" is not in this case a sign of doubt or hesitation, but, on the contrary, a sign of the most assured certainty. As employed by Paul, it is equivalent to "If there is any water in the sea," or "If there is any light in the sun." II. This appeal of the Apostle is a burst of tenderness. Affection delights in repetition; love amplifies its expressions to the utmost. III. Paul having laid his basis in the very heart of Christ, makes an appeal: "Fulfil ye my joy." It is... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Philippians 2:3-5

Philippians 2:3-5 I. There are two ways of doing even the best work: through strife and through love. This was seen in the first chapter, where two classes of preachers are described. II. Entire sympathy with Christ will always heighten man's appreciation of man. III. Christianity is thus the only humanising and fraternising religion. IV. Self-seeking is in utter antagonism to the spirit of Christianity. V. Christianity never encourages a degrading view of human nature. Man is to be esteemed by... read more

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