who, existing in the form of God, didn’t consider equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross.
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In parallel with2 Corinthians 8:9
The self-emptying in one sentence: though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor.
“For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.”
Fulfilled hereIsaiah 53:7
He didn't open his mouth: the Lamb led to the slaughter is the servant's obedience unto death.
“He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he didn’t open his mouth. As a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is mute, so he didn’t open his mouth.”