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This portion of scripture, Philippians 2:5-11, is very interesting to me. It's in a book that scholars all agree was written by Paul, however this portion does not have the typical language used by Paul. It appears to be some sort of poem, or creed, or hymn, and some speculate that it was one of the earliest Christian hymns.

How cool is that?

No one can be sure it was a hymn, or that it had a melody, but that didn't stop me from putting it to music for this generation!

I put it in my Christian Creed's playlist, just because it does seem very credal in it's overview of the tenets of our faith.

Wikipedia has a nice outline for the Letter to the Philippians, and says these verses are the model of living humbly - first, Christ’s emptying and then Christ’s exaltation.

I struggled for ages with the right video to put with this. I went through a bunch of renaissance and baroque paintings of Jesus humbling himself by washing the disciples feet, or his resurrection (exaltation), etc. I also used a video of a river at my friend's house, which I recorded the other night. I finally decided on this painting, which is by Alonso Cano.

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6e/6f/fa/6e6ffafd6fbd5f8c0b529f3d21c651cc.jpg


Philippians 2:5-11, NIV (mixed with NRSVA)

5 Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus,
6 Who, being in very nature God,
did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
7 rather, he made himself nothing
by taking the very nature of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
8 And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
by becoming obedient to death—
even death on a cross!

9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
and gave him the name that is above every name,
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.

Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
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