...form of God, and thought it not robbery to be equal with God, yet he emptied himself, taking upon him the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men."? Yea, because " being found in fashion as a man, he hum* Rev. xx. 13. + Matt. xxv. 31. + Rev. xx. 12....

...reputation, tetu'ta »v >.„-:, which is more exactly translated, he emptied himself*, and took upon htm the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men, as it is in the Greek, a opoiupcAi cttyam yoo^D^-. Here the apostle's design is to set Christ before...

...passage be read — " Who being, (or rather subsisting, uV«^w»), in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal * with God ; but emptied himself,...the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of man." This expresses his exinanition, namely, the voluntary assumption of the form of a servant, and...

...connection, thus it reads, " Who being in the form of God, did not hold it for a spoil to be equal unto God; but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men." Still, however, it seems unnatural to speak of our Redeemer's uncreated glories under the notion of...

...Chris! Jesus; who being in the form of Goil, thought it not robbery to be equal with God : but debased himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of a servant, and in habit found as a man. He humbled himself, becoming obedient unto death-; even to...

...the sake of man, " He emptied Himself of His glory, *' was made of no reputation, and took upon Him the " form of a servant, being made in the likeness of "" men." Such was His love; healing, thereby the diseases of our souls, redeeming us from sin and death, and...

...the form of God, did not earnestly aft'ect to be equal to God, but made himself of no reputa« tion, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of man, and found in fashion as a ' man, he humbled himself, becoming, obedient unto death, even the death...

...himself:" — 3dly> A statement of that wherein this emptying consisted — " he emptied himself, assuming the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men: — 4-thly. His voluntary humiliation of himself, after assuming the " form of a servant, and being...

...in which he had subsisted before all worlds, and in which he had appeared in days of old, and took " the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men." 2. Nor was it merely the likeness of men that he assumed ; but though more than man, yet he became...

...; the Son of God, being sent in " the likeness of sinful flesh, partaking of flesh and " blood, his taking the form of a servant, being made " in the likeness of men, being found in fashion as a " man, assuming the seed of Abraham, Iris descend" ing from heaven, coming...