Philippians 2:5

5. Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

Translation and Paraphrase

5. Let this way of thinking continue among you, (that same feeling) which also was in Christ Jesus (when he came to earth).

Notes

1.

The final and strongest appeal for unity is the example of Jesus Christ.

2.

2:5 can either be read as the closing verse of the paragraph Philippians 2:1-5, or as a starting verse to Philippians 2:5-11. Either way it is rich in meaning.

3.

This verse introduces Philippians 2:6-11, which is a paragraph with some of the deepest theological thoughts in the New Testament in it.

Notice carefully, however, that Paul did not employ theology to satisfy our curiosity about divine secrets, but to get us to live lives in which discord, selfish ambitions, and disunity are excluded.

4.

We hear much about heart transplants. Christians must have mind transplants; the mind of Christ must replace our old sinful minds.