Focused Passage

Philippians 2:5-11

The Mind of Christ and the Humility of Gospel Witness

From shared encouragement in Christ, to humble unity, to the mind of Christ in his humiliation and exaltation, to obedient shining witness, to embodied examples of sacrificial gospel service.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

5Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus:

6Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,

7but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness.

8And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross.

9Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names,

10that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

11and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

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Verse 5

Original words

Let this mind beφρονεῖτεG5426Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural. . .ΤοῦτοG3778Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter SingularinἐνG1722PrepositionyouὑμῖνG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person PluralwhichG3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Singular[was] alsoκαὶG2532ConjunctioninἐνG1722PrepositionChristΧριστῷG5547Noun - Dative Masculine SingularJesusἸησοῦG2424Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Verse 6

Original words

WhoὋςG3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine SingularexistingὑπάρχωνG5225Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingularinἐνG1722Preposition[the] formμορφῇG3444Noun - Dative Feminine Singularof GodΘεοῦG2316Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular{did} notοὐχG3756AdverbconsiderἡγήσατοG2233Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular-τὸG3588Article - Accusative Neuter SingularvvvεἶναιG1510Verb - Present Infinitive ActiveequalityἴσαG2470Adjective - Accusative Neuter Pluralwith GodΘεῷG2316Noun - Dative Masculine Singularsomething to be graspedἁρπαγμὸνG725Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular

BSB notes

  • Or something to be exploited
Verse 7

Original words

butἀλλὰG235ConjunctionemptiedἐκένωσενG2758Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularHimselfἑαυτὸνG1438Reflexive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person SingulartakingλαβώνG2983Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular[the] formμορφὴνG3444Noun - Accusative Feminine Singularof a servantδούλουG1401Noun - Genitive Masculine Singularbeing madeγενόμενοςG1096Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine SingularinἐνG1722Prepositionhuman likenessὁμοιώματιG3667Noun - Dative Neuter Singular. . .ἀνθρώπωνG444Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Verse 8

Original words

AndκαὶG2532Conjunctionbeing foundεὑρεθεὶςG2147Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singularin appearanceσχήματιG4976Noun - Dative Neuter SingularasὡςG5613Adverba manἄνθρωποςG444Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularHe humbledἐταπείνωσενG5013Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularHimselfἑαυτὸνG1438Reflexive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular[and] becameγενόμενοςG1096Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine SingularobedientὑπήκοοςG5255Adjective - Nominative Masculine SingulartoμέχριG3360PrepositiondeathθανάτουG2288Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularevenδὲG1161ConjunctiondeathθανάτουG2288Noun - Genitive Masculine Singularon [a] crossσταυροῦG4716Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Verse 9

Original words

ThereforeΔιὸG1352Conjunction-καὶG2532Conjunction-G3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularGodΘεὸςG2316Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularexaltedὑπερύψωσενG5251Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularHim {to the highest place}αὐτὸνG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctiongaveἐχαρίσατοG5483Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person SingularHimαὐτῷG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person SingulartheτὸG3588Article - Accusative Neuter SingularnameὄνομαG3686Noun - Accusative Neuter SingularaboveὑπὲρG5228PrepositionallπᾶνG3956Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular-τὸG3588Article - Accusative Neuter SingularnamesὄνομαG3686Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Verse 10

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thatἵναG2443ConjunctionatἐνG1722PrepositiontheτῷG3588Article - Dative Neuter SingularnameὀνόματιG3686Noun - Dative Neuter Singularof JesusἸησοῦG2424Noun - Genitive Masculine SingulareveryπᾶνG3956Adjective - Nominative Neuter SingularkneeγόνυG1119Noun - Nominative Neuter Singularshould bowκάμψῃG2578Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singularin heavenἐπουρανίωνG2032Adjective - Genitive Masculine PluralandκαὶG2532Conjunctionon earthἐπιγείωνG1919Adjective - Genitive Masculine PluralandκαὶG2532Conjunctionunder the earthκαταχθονίωνG2709Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural
Verse 11

Original words

andκαὶG2532ConjunctioneveryπᾶσαG3956Adjective - Nominative Feminine SingulartongueγλῶσσαG1100Noun - Nominative Feminine SingularconfessἐξομολογήσηταιG1843Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Middle - 3rd Person SingularthatὅτιG3754ConjunctionJesusΙΗΣΟΥΣG2424Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularChristΧΡΙΣΤΟΣG5547Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular[is] LordΚΥΡΙΟΣG2962Noun - Nominative Masculine SingulartoεἰςG1519Preposition[the] gloryδόξανG1391Noun - Accusative Feminine Singularof GodΘεοῦG2316Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular[the] FatherΠατρόςG3962Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular

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