John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Philippians 2:6
Who being in the form of God ,.... The Father; being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person. This form is to be understood, not of any shape or figure of him; for as such is not to be seen, it is not to be supposed of him; or any accidental form, for there are no accidents in God, whatever is in God, is God; he is nothing but nature and essence, he is the το ον , the Jehovah, I am what I am; and so is his Son, which is, and was, and is to come, the fountain of all... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Philippians 2:5
Let this mind be in you ,.... The Arabic version renders it, "let that humility be perceived in you". The apostle proposes Christ as the great pattern and exemplar of humility; and instances in his assumption of human nature, and in his subjection to all that meanness, and death itself, even the death of the cross in it; and which he mentions with this view, to engage the saints to lowliness of mind, in imitation of him; to show forth the same temper and disposition of mind in their... read more