King James Version
Philippians 2:7 in the King James Version says “But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:” — study this verse from Philippians chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:”
Philippians 2:7 · KJV
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. fashion: or habit
Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“of a servant”
G1401a slave (literal or figurative, involuntary or voluntary; frequently, therefore in a qualified sense of subjection or subserviency)
“and was made”
G1096to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
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