Many scholars believe that in Phil 2:6-11 Paul quotes an early Christian hymn describing Christ's incarnation and subsequent exaltation [as Lord]. Was Philippians 2:6-11 an early Christian hymn? Scholars who interpret Phil 2:6-11 as an early Christian hymn point out that it contains a rich vocabulary, a number of poetic elements (e.g., parallelism, paradox, climax), and that, with only one The poetic language expresses the two natures of Christ, who was "in the form of God" and "emptied himself, taking the form of a slave" or servant. In this "human likeness" and "human form," Christ "humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death-even death on a cross.". Most students of the New Testament today understand Philippians 2:6-11 as a pre-Pauline hymn that was composed for early Christian worship. More recent studies suggest that it is exalted prose rather than poetry. The hypothesis of this article is that Paul composed it, either for worship or for the purposes of the argument of his letter to the This apparent hymn (Philippians 2:6-11) taken from the corporate and liturgical worship of the primitive Jewish-Christian church in its earliest devotion to Jesus reveals what is known as a high Christology (a "high" Christology is one in which Jesus is portrayed as fully divine). For example, verse 6 speaks of Jesus preexisting in the Hymns for Philippians 2:5-11 HYMNALS: Baptist Hymnal (BH) Chalice Hymnal (CH) Collegeville Hymnal (CO) Common Praise (CP) Evangelical Lutheran Worship (ELW) Gather Comprehensive (GC) JourneySongs (JS) Lutheran Book of Worship (LBW) Lutheran Service Book (LSB) Lutheran Worship (LW) Presbyterian Hymnal (PH) The Faith We Sing (TFWS) The Hymnal 1982 (TH) The New Century Hymnal (TNCH) United Philippians 2:6-11 is universally accepted as taking the form of a hymn. In this way key aspects of early Christian theology would be communicated and remembered. However, as we read the wonderful expressions of the action and nature of the Lord Jesus we should always bear in mind that the Apostle Paul has placed this hymn in the context of two .

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