Lenten Season · Liturgy of the Passion · Year C
Philippians 2:5-11
Imitating Christ’s Humility
April 9, 2028
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 2:5-11 Working Preacher
The Lutheran home commentary on the hymn's descent and God's answering exaltation.
Philippians 2:5-11 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching
A Reformed preaching commentary on Christ's self-emptying and Lordship.
Philippians 2 Enduring Word · David Guzik
A verse-by-verse evangelical commentary on the humble and exalted Servant.
Philippians 2:5-7 Commentary Precept Austin
An inductive word study of the hymn's call to have the mind of Christ.
Philippians 2:5 Commentaries BibleHub
Aggregated commentary notes on the mind of Christ passage.
Background & Word Study
Overview: Philippians BibleProject
An animated overview of Philippians and its call to Christlike humility.
Philippians 2:5 Interlinear BibleHub
The Greek of the passage word by word with parsing and lexical helps.
The Christ Hymn (Philippians 2:6-11) Enter the Bible
A background essay on the structure and sources of the Christ hymn.
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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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