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Philippians 2:8

fashion. Greek. schema. Only here and 1 Corinthians 7:31. The noun morphe. Occurs thrice and is used only of the Lord; here (verses: Philippians 2:6; Philippians 2:7), and Mark 16:12, schema Occurs only here and 1 Corinthians 7:31, as above. For their compounds see the Notes.

humbled. Greek. tapeinoo. See 2 Corinthians 11:7.

and became. Literally becoming.

obedient. Greek. huperkoos. See Acts 7:39.

unto. as far as,

cross. That death, the shame of which made it such. stumbling-block to the Jews. Compare Hebrews 12:2. The seven successive steps of the Lord's humiliation illustrate the Figure of speech Catabasis. App-6. The seven steps upward in His glorification are given in verses: Philippians 2:9.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 8. _AND BEING FOUND IN FASHION AS A MAN_] Και σχηματι εὑρεθεις ὡς ανθρωπος. This clause should be joined to the preceding, and thus translated: _Being made in the likeness of man,_ _and was fo...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND BEING FOUND - That is, being such, or existing as a man, he humbled himself. IN FASHION AS A MAN - The word rendered “fashion” - σχῆμα schēma - means figure, mien, deportment. Here it is the sam...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

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  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ΚΑῚ. Here another movement of thought begins. We have seen the κένωσις of simple Incarnation. We now pass to the Sacrifice to which, in Manhood, He descended. ΣΧΉΜΑΤΙ. _Habitu_, Lat. Versions. Σχῆμα i...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

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  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ΤΟΥ͂ΤΟ. Some documents (א*Acts, 17 and some other cursives, Cyril Al) connect this with the preceding verse;—τὰ ἑτέρων· ἕκαστοι τοῦτο φρονεῖτε. But there is no doubt of the correctness of the reading...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

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  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

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  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

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  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

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  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

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  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

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  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    _Exhortations to unity and humility enforced by the example of Christ,_ 1-11. Following up the exhortation with which the last chapter closed, that the Philippians should stand fast in one spirit, the...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    IN FASHION (σχηματ). Locative case of σχημα, from εχω, to have, to hold. Bengel explains μορφη by _forma_, ομοιωμα by _similitudo_, σχημα by _habitus_. Here with σχημα the contrast "is between what...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

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  • Sermon Bible Commentary

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  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Philippians 2:5 These delineations of Christ reveal the true method of rendering moral service to man. Human deliverance and progress will remain a theory only until men come to work upon the method h...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Philippians 2:1. _if there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, fulfill ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Philippians 2:1. If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, fulfill ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having t...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Philippians 2:1. _If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies fulfill ye my joy, that ye be like-minded, having...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Christ, the believer's pattern, rejoicing in lowly service. The outworking of inworked salvation. The apostolic example. CHARACTERS: Christ, Holy Spirit, God, Paul, Timothy, Epaphroditus. C...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Philippians 2:1. _If there be therefore any consolation in Christ._ Brethren who are joined in the Lord, professing the same faith, and despised of the world, are expected to comfort and encourage one...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

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  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    And being found in fashion as a man — A common man, without any peculiar excellence or comeliness. He humbled himself — To a still greater depth. Becoming obedient — To God, though equal with him. Eve...

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