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Philippians 2:5-11

Imitating Christ’s Humility

March 29, 2026

The Adoration of the Name of Jesus, El Greco
The Adoration of the Name of Jesus, El Greco, c. 1577-1579El Escorial, Madrid
The monogram of the Holy Name blazes at the top among adoring angels; below, a crowd kneels on earth with a king in black at the front, and on the right the open jaws of hell.God highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, in heaven and on earth and under the earth.El GrecoA Cretan icon painter who worked in Venice and Rome and settled in Toledo, where he stretched his figures into flame.El Escorial, MadridThe monastery-palace of El Escorial outside Madrid, built by Philip II, who appears in the painting kneeling in black.El Escorial, Madrid
Revised Common Lectionary
GospelMatt. 26:14-27:66Mt 26:14-27:66 orMatt. 27:11-54Mt 27:11-54
EpistlePhil. 2:5-11Phil 2:5-11
Old TestamentIsa. 50:4-9aIs 50:4-9a
PsalterPs. 31:9-16Ps 31:9-16

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

Commentary on Philippians 2:5-11Commentary on Phil 2:5-11 Working Preacher

The Lutheran home commentary on the hymn's descent and God's answering exaltation.

Philippians 2:5-11 CommentaryPhil 2:5-11 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching

A Reformed preaching commentary on Christ's self-emptying and Lordship.

Philippians 2Phil 2 Enduring Word · David Guzik

A verse-by-verse evangelical commentary on the humble and exalted Servant.

Philippians 2:5-7 CommentaryPhil 2:5-7 Commentary Precept Austin

An inductive word study of the hymn's call to have the mind of Christ.

Philippians 2:5 CommentariesPhil 2:5 Commentaries BibleHub

Aggregated commentary notes on the mind of Christ passage.

Background & Word Study

Overview: PhilippiansOverview: Phil BibleProject

An animated overview of Philippians and its call to Christlike humility.

Philippians 2:5 InterlinearPhil 2:5 Interlinear BibleHub

The Greek of the passage word by word with parsing and lexical helps.

The Christ Hymn (Philippians 2:6-11)The Christ Hymn (Phil 2:6-11) Enter the Bible

A background essay on the structure and sources of the Christ hymn.

The Church Fathers

Philippians 2 (Catena)Phil 2 (Catena) Catena

Patristic commentary on the Christ hymn gathered verse by verse.

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