Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
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Philippians 2:3-7
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown (1871) (public domain).
The oldest manuscripts read, "Have this mind in you," &c. He does not put forward himself (see on Phi 2:4, and Phi 1:24) as an example, but Christ, THE ONE pre-eminently who sought not His own, but "humbled Himself" (Phi 2:8), first in taking on Him our nature, secondly, in humbling Himself further in that nature (Rom 15:3).
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He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:
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