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He was in every way like God. Yet he did not think that being equal to God was something he must hold on to.

He gave this up and became a servant. He was born a baby.

And when he was a man, he was humble. He was even willing to die, yes, to die on a cross.

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Who, being in very nature[a] God,(A)
    did not consider equality with God(B) something to be used to his own advantage;
rather, he made himself nothing(C)
    by taking the very nature[b] of a servant,(D)
    being made in human likeness.(E)
And being found in appearance as a man,
    he humbled himself
    by becoming obedient to death(F)
        even death on a cross!(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 2:6 Or in the form of
  2. Philippians 2:7 Or the form