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In God’s own form existed he,
    and shared with God equality,
        deemed nothing needed grasping.
Instead, poured out in emptiness,
    a servant’s form did he possess,
        a mortal man becoming.
In human form he chose to be,
and lived in all humility,
        death on a cross obeying.
Now lifted up by God to heaven,
    a name above all others given,
        this matchless name possessing.
10 And so, when Jesus’ name is called,
    the knees of everyone should fall,[a]
        wherever they’re residing.[b]
11 Then every tongue in one accord,
    will say that Jesus the Messiah[c] is Lord,
        while God the Father praising.

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 2:10 Or every knee should bend
  2. Philippians 2:10 Lit. in heaven, on earth, and under the earth
  3. Philippians 2:11 Or Christ