but (A)emptied himself, by taking the form of a (B)servant,[a] (C)being born in the likeness of men.

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  1. Philippians 2:7 Or slave (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that (A)though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.

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14 And (A)the Word (B)became flesh and (C)dwelt among us, (D)and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son[a] from the Father, full of (E)grace and (F)truth.

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  1. John 1:14 Or only One, or unique One

For (A)God has done what the law, (B)weakened by the flesh, (C)could not do. (D)By sending his own Son (E)in the likeness of sinful flesh and (F)for sin,[a] he condemned sin in the flesh,

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  1. Romans 8:3 Or and as a sin offering

But (A)when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, (B)born (C)of woman, born (D)under the law,

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For he grew up before him like a young plant,
    (A)and like a root out of dry ground;
(B)he had no form or majesty that we should look at him,
    and no beauty that we should desire him.
(C)He was despised and rejected[a] by men,
    a man of sorrows[b] and acquainted with[c] grief;[d]
and as one from whom men hide their faces[e]
    he was despised, and (D)we esteemed him not.

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  1. Isaiah 53:3 Or forsaken
  2. Isaiah 53:3 Or pains; also verse 4
  3. Isaiah 53:3 Or and knowing
  4. Isaiah 53:3 Or sickness; also verse 4
  5. Isaiah 53:3 Or as one who hides his face from us

15 For we do not have a high priest (A)who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been (B)tempted as we are, (C)yet without sin.

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For (A)Christ did not please himself, but as it is written, (B)“The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me.”

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11 Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see[a] and be satisfied;
by his knowledge shall (A)the righteous one, my servant,
    (B)make many to be accounted righteous,
    (C)and he shall bear their iniquities.

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  1. Isaiah 53:11 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll he shall see light

looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, (A)who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising (B)the shame, and (C)is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

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44 and whoever would be first among you must be (A)slave[a] of all. 45 For even the Son of Man came not to be served but (B)to serve, and (C)to give his life as a ransom for (D)many.”

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  1. Mark 10:44 Or bondservant, or servant (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)

27 For who is the greater, (A)one who reclines at table or one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at table? But (B)I am among you as the one who serves.

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