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    he humbled himself,(A)
        becoming obedient to death,
        even death on a cross.[a]
Because of this, God greatly exalted him
    and bestowed on him the name[b]
    that is above every name,(B)
10     that at the name of Jesus
    every knee should bend,[c]
    of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth,(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 2:8 There may be reflected here language about the servant of the Lord, Is 52:13–53:12 especially Is 53:12.
  2. 2:9 The name: “Lord” (Phil 2:11), revealing the true nature of the one who is named.
  3. 2:10–11 Every knee should bend…every tongue confess: into this language of Is 45:23 there has been inserted a reference to the three levels in the universe, according to ancient thought, heaven, earth, under the earth.

And being found in appearance as a man,
    he humbled himself
    by becoming obedient to death(A)
        even death on a cross!(B)

Therefore God exalted him(C) to the highest place
    and gave him the name that is above every name,(D)
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,(E)
    in heaven and on earth and under the earth,(F)

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