But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
Ver. 7. But made himself. &c.] Gr. εκενωσεν, "emptied himself," suspended and laid aside his glory and majesty, and became a sinner both by imputation (for God made the iniquity of us all to meet upon him, Isa 53:6) and by reputation, for he was reckoned not only among men, but among malefactors, Philippians 2:9. Hence he is said to be sent in the likeness of sinful flesh, Romans 8:3 .
And took upon him the form of a servant] Yea, of an evil servant, that was to be beaten.
In the likeness of men] Yea, he was a worm and no man, nullificamen populi, as Tertullian hath it. Christ vilified, nullified himself to the utmost, ex omni seipsum ad nihil redegit, as Beza expounds the former part of this verse, of everything he became nothing.