Philippians 2:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

['Aleph (') A B C Delta f g, Vulgate, read froneite (G5426) for froneisthe] 'Have this mind in you,' etc. Pride is the most naked form of selfishness, which is the essence of sin (Muller). He does not put forward himself (see note, Philippians 2:4; Philippians 1:24) as an example, but Christ, THE ONE pre-eminently who sought not His own, but "humbled Himself" (Philippians 2:8), first, in taking on Him our nature; secondly, in humbling himself further in that nature (Romans 15:3).

Philippians 2:5

5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: