Pentecost Season · Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time · Year A
Philippians 2:1-11 or Philippians 2:1-5
Imitating Christ’s Humility
September 27, 2026
Overview & Insights
“In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 2:5)
Call for Mutual Consideration Paul’s concern for unity of mind and mutual consideration among the members of the Philippian church need not imply that there was an atmosphere of dissension there. The fact that two members are singled out by name and urged to agree in 4:2 could suggest (unless 4:2 belongs to an originally separate letter) that theirs was an exceptional case of conflict. We do not know what Epaphroditus had told Paul about the state of the church, but at this time Paul found sufficient evidence of quarrelsomeness and selfish ambition in some sectors of the Roman church to make him anxious that nothing of the sort should manifest itself at Philippi.
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Commentary
Philippians 2:1-13 Center for Excellence in Preaching
A Reformed preaching commentary on humility, unity, and the Christ hymn.
Philippians 2 - The Mind of Christ Enduring Word · David Guzik
David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical study of the emptying and exaltation of Christ.
Philippians 2:1-4 Commentary Precept Austin
Verse-level study helps and Greek word notes on the call to one mind.
Philippians 2:1 Commentaries BibleHub
Classic commentaries gathered verse by verse on the exhortation and the hymn.
Philippians 2:1 Verse-by-Verse Commentary StudyLight
A large library of expositors stacked verse by verse for a further voice.
Second Reading Study, 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Agape Bible Study
A Catholic study of the hymn of Christ's humility as the pattern for the church.
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The Church Fathers
Questions preachers ask
What is the Christ hymn?
Philippians 2:6–11 is an early hymn: Christ, being in very nature God, emptied himself, took the form of a servant, and was obedient to death on a cross, and so God exalted him. Paul holds it up as the pattern for humble, self-giving love.
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