{"commentaries":[],"citedBy":{"1":[],"2":[],"3":[],"4":[],"5":[],"6":[{"id":"chrysostom.JHN.1.1.4","author":"John Chrysostom","author_dates":"c. 347-407","tradition":"Patristic (Greek East)","era":"Early church","died":407,"ref":"John 1:1","href":"/jhn/1/#v1-chrysostom","text":"c. ii. 6","snippet":"It is true that here he has mentioned the Son, without the article; but he does the same with the Father also, at least in his Epistle to the Philippians ( c. ii. 6 ), he says, “Who being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God”; and again to the Romans, “Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ."},{"id":"chrysostom.JHN.5.19.1","author":"John Chrysostom","author_dates":"c. 347-407","tradition":"Patristic (Greek East)","era":"Early church","died":407,"ref":"John 5:19","href":"/jhn/5/#v19-chrysostom","text":"Phil. ii. 6, 7","snippet":"( Phil. ii. 6, 7."},{"id":"calvin.JHN.7.1.1","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 7:1","href":"/jhn/7/#v1-calvin","text":"Philippians 2:6-8","snippet":"having taken upon him the form of a servant, he emptied himself, till the Father exalted him, (Philippians 2:6-8."},{"id":"henry.JHN.5.18.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 5:18","href":"/jhn/5/#v18-henry","text":"Phil. ii. 6","snippet":"Yet it was unjustly imputed to him as an offence that he equalled himself with God, for he was and is God, equal with the Father (Phil. ii. 6); and therefore Christ, in answer to this charge, does not except against the innuendo as strained or forced, makes out his claim and proves that he is equal with God in power and glory."},{"id":"ryle.JHN.5.18.2","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 5:18","href":"/jhn/5/#v18-ryle","text":"Phil. ii. 6","snippet":"(Phil. ii. 6."}],"7":[{"id":"chrysostom.JHN.2.1-2.1","author":"John Chrysostom","author_dates":"c. 347-407","tradition":"Patristic (Greek East)","era":"Early church","died":407,"ref":"John 2:1–2","href":"/jhn/2/#v1-chrysostom","text":"Philip. ii. 7","snippet":"He who disdained not to “take upon Him the form of a servant” ( Philip. ii. 7 ), would much less disdain to be present at the marriage of servants; He who sat down “with publicans and sinners” ( Matt. ix. 13 ), would much less refuse to sit down with those present at the marriage."},{"id":"chrysostom.JHN.5.19.1","author":"John Chrysostom","author_dates":"c. 347-407","tradition":"Patristic (Greek East)","era":"Early church","died":407,"ref":"John 5:19","href":"/jhn/5/#v19-chrysostom","text":"Phil. ii. 6, 7","snippet":"( Phil. ii. 6, 7."},{"id":"chrysostom.JHN.17.4.1","author":"John Chrysostom","author_dates":"c. 347-407","tradition":"Patristic (Greek East)","era":"Early church","died":407,"ref":"John 17:4","href":"/jhn/17/#v4-chrysostom","text":"Philip. ii. 7","snippet":"As when Paul saith, that “He so loved us, as to give Himself for us” ( Eph. v. 2 ); and, “He emptied Himself, and took upon Him the form of a servant” ( Philip. ii. 7 ); and, “As the Father hath loved Me, so have I loved you."},{"id":"calvin.JHN.5.27.1","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 5:27","href":"/jhn/5/#v27-calvin","text":"Philippians 2:7-10","snippet":"… by taking upon him the form of a servant, and humbled himself even to the death of the cross; and therefore God hath exalted him, and given him a name more illustrious than any name, that every knee may bow before him (Philippians 2:7-10."},{"id":"calvin.JHN.6.41.1","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 6:41","href":"/jhn/6/#v41-calvin","text":"Philippians 2:7","snippet":"he emptied himself, and took upon him the form of a servant, (Philippians 2:7;)"},{"id":"calvin.JHN.6.55.1","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 6:55","href":"/jhn/6/#v55-calvin","text":"Philippians 2:7","snippet":"For when he emptied himself, (Philippians 2:7,) in this manner we were enriched with abundance of all blessings; his humiliation and descent into hell raised us to heaven; and, by enduring the curse of his cross, he erected the banner of our righteousness as a …"},{"id":"calvin.JHN.7.1.1","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 7:1","href":"/jhn/7/#v1-calvin","text":"Philippians 2:6-8","snippet":"having taken upon him the form of a servant, he emptied himself, till the Father exalted him, (Philippians 2:6-8."},{"id":"calvin.JHN.11.41.2","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 11:41","href":"/jhn/11/#v41-calvin","text":"Philippians 2:7","snippet":"For since he intended to be wholly ours, we need not wonder if he accommodates himself to us in various ways; and as he even allowed himself to be emptied (Philippians 2:7) for us, there is no absurdity in saying that he abases himself on our account."},{"id":"henry.JHN.7.24.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 7:24","href":"/jhn/7/#v24-henry","text":"Phil. ii. 7","snippet":"With reference to himself, his outward appearance was far short of his real dignity and excellency, for he took upon him the form of a servant (Phil. ii. 7), was in the likeness of sinful flesh (Rom. viii. 3), had no form nor comeliness, Isa. liii. 2. ..."},{"id":"ryle.JHN.14.28.2","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 14:28","href":"/jhn/14/#v28-ryle","text":"Phil. ii. 7","snippet":"(Phil. ii. 7.)"},{"id":"westcott.JHN.1.14.3","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 1:14","href":"/jhn/1/#v14-westcott","text":"Phil. ii. 7","snippet":"The phrases which point towards it in St John (1 John iv. 2), in the Epistle to the Hebrews (ii. 14), and in St Paul (Rom. viii. 3 ; Phil. ii. 7 ; 1 Tim. iii. 16) fall short of the majestic fulness of this brief sentence, which affirms once for all the reconciliation of the opposite elements of the final antithesis of life and thought, the finite and the …"}],"8":[{"id":"calvin.JHN.5.27.1","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 5:27","href":"/jhn/5/#v27-calvin","text":"Philippians 2:7-10","snippet":"… by taking upon him the form of a servant, and humbled himself even to the death of the cross; and therefore God hath exalted him, and given him a name more illustrious than any name, that every knee may bow before him (Philippians 2:7-10."},{"id":"calvin.JHN.7.1.1","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 7:1","href":"/jhn/7/#v1-calvin","text":"Philippians 2:6-8","snippet":"having taken upon him the form of a servant, he emptied himself, till the Father exalted him, (Philippians 2:6-8."},{"id":"henry.JHN.5.27.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 5:27","href":"/jhn/5/#v27-henry","text":"Phil. ii. 8, 9","snippet":"Because he condescended to be the Son of man, his Father made him Lord of all, Phil. ii. 8, 9. 2."},{"id":"henry.JHN.8.54.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 8:54","href":"/jhn/8/#v54-henry","text":"Phil. ii. 8, 9","snippet":"He aimed at an advancement with which the Father was to exalt him, a name he was to give him, Phil. ii. 8, 9."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.12.32.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 12:32","href":"/jhn/12/#v32-westcott","text":"Phil. ii. 8, 9","snippet":"He does not ever, like St Paul (e.g. Phil. ii. 8, 9), separate it as a crisis of humiliation from the glory which followed."}],"9":[{"id":"calvin.JHN.5.27.1","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 5:27","href":"/jhn/5/#v27-calvin","text":"Philippians 2:7-10","snippet":"… by taking upon him the form of a servant, and humbled himself even to the death of the cross; and therefore God hath exalted him, and given him a name more illustrious than any name, that every knee may bow before him (Philippians 2:7-10."},{"id":"calvin.JHN.19.38.3","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 19:38","href":"/jhn/19/#v38-calvin","text":"Philippians 2:9, 10","snippet":"… their power, to bury Christ; but the time for burying is past, since he hath ascended to the right hand of the Father, that he may reign gloriously over angels and men, and that every tongue may proclaim his dominion, (Philippians 2:9, 10."},{"id":"henry.JHN.5.27.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 5:27","href":"/jhn/5/#v27-henry","text":"Phil. ii. 8, 9","snippet":"Because he condescended to be the Son of man, his Father made him Lord of all, Phil. ii. 8, 9. 2."},{"id":"henry.JHN.8.54.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 8:54","href":"/jhn/8/#v54-henry","text":"Phil. ii. 8, 9","snippet":"He aimed at an advancement with which the Father was to exalt him, a name he was to give him, Phil. ii. 8, 9."},{"id":"ryle.JHN.5.27.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 5:27","href":"/jhn/5/#v27-ryle","text":"Phil. ii. 9","snippet":"(Phil. ii. 9."},{"id":"ryle.JHN.10.17.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 10:17","href":"/jhn/10/#v17-ryle","text":"Phil. ii. 9","snippet":"Paul's, \" Wherefore God hath highly exalted Him,\" (Matt. iii. 17; Phil. ii. 9;) and Isaiah's, \"I will divide Him a portion with the great, because He hath poured out His soul unto death."},{"id":"ryle.JHN.13.32.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 13:32","href":"/jhn/13/#v32-ryle","text":"Phil. ii. 9","snippet":"(Phil. ii. 9; John xvii, 5."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.3.14.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 3:14","href":"/jhn/3/#v14-westcott","text":"Phil. ii. 9","snippet":"The same phrase ... occurs viii. 28, xii. 32, note, 34, in reference to the Passion ; and elsewhere (Acts ii. 33, v. 31; [Phil. ii. 9]) in reference to the Ascension consequent upon it."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.10.17.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 10:17","href":"/jhn/10/#v17-westcott","text":"Phil. ii. 9","snippet":"Comp. xii. 32 ; Phil. ii. 9 ; Hebr. ii. 10, xii. 2."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.12.27.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 12:27","href":"/jhn/12/#v27-westcott","text":"Phil. ii. 9","snippet":"He gains His glory through suffering (Phil. ii. 9); and so He turns now from the general law to its personal application to Himself."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.12.32.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 12:32","href":"/jhn/12/#v32-westcott","text":"Phil. ii. 8, 9","snippet":"He does not ever, like St Paul (e.g. Phil. ii. 8, 9), separate it as a crisis of humiliation from the glory which followed."}],"10":[{"id":"calvin.JHN.5.27.1","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 5:27","href":"/jhn/5/#v27-calvin","text":"Philippians 2:7-10","snippet":"… by taking upon him the form of a servant, and humbled himself even to the death of the cross; and therefore God hath exalted him, and given him a name more illustrious than any name, that every knee may bow before him (Philippians 2:7-10."},{"id":"calvin.JHN.8.54.1","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 8:54","href":"/jhn/8/#v54-calvin","text":"Philippians 2:10","snippet":"Meanwhile, those voices sounding from heaven, Kiss the Son, (Psalm 2:12,) Let all the angels worship him, (Hebrews 1:6,) Let every knee bow to him, (Philippians 2:10,) Hear ye him, (Matthew 17:5,) Let the Gentiles seek him, (Romans 15:11,) and Let all flesh be humbled, ought greatly to encourage believers to render honor and reverence to Christ."},{"id":"calvin.JHN.17.5.1","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 17:5","href":"/jhn/17/#v5-calvin","text":"Philippians 2:10","snippet":"… Father, not that the Father may glorify him secretly, without any witnesses, but that, having been received into heaven, he may give a magnificent display of his greatness and power, that every knee may bow to him, (Philippians 2:10."},{"id":"calvin.JHN.19.38.3","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 19:38","href":"/jhn/19/#v38-calvin","text":"Philippians 2:9, 10","snippet":"… their power, to bury Christ; but the time for burying is past, since he hath ascended to the right hand of the Father, that he may reign gloriously over angels and men, and that every tongue may proclaim his dominion, (Philippians 2:9, 10."},{"id":"henry.JHN.11.32.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 11:32","href":"/jhn/11/#v32-henry","text":"Phil. ii. 10, 11","snippet":"… of the Christian faith as truly as Martha did, and in effect said, I believe that thou art the Christ; bowing the knee to Christ, and confessing him with the tongue, are put together as equivalent, Rom. xiv. 11; Phil. ii. 10, 11."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.3.12.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 3:12","href":"/jhn/3/#v12-westcott","text":"Phil. ii. 10","snippet":"Thus the strictly local meaning (1 Cor. xv. 40; Phil. ii. 10) passes insensibly into a meaning predominantly moral (Phil. iii. 19; James iii. 15)."}],"11":[{"id":"henry.JHN.11.32.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 11:32","href":"/jhn/11/#v32-henry","text":"Phil. ii. 10, 11","snippet":"… of the Christian faith as truly as Martha did, and in effect said, I believe that thou art the Christ; bowing the knee to Christ, and confessing him with the tongue, are put together as equivalent, Rom. xiv. 11; Phil. ii. 10, 11."}],"12":[],"13":[],"14":[],"15":[{"id":"bengel.JHN.1.4.1","author":"Johann Albrecht Bengel","author_dates":"1687-1752","tradition":"Lutheran Pietist","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1752,"ref":"John 1:4","href":"/jhn/1/#v4-bengel","text":"Phil. ii. 15, 16","snippet":"… and Life together: ch. viii. 12, “ He that followeth Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life: 1 Tim. vi. 16, “ Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light, which no man can approach unto:” Phil. ii. 15, 16, “ Ye shine as lights in the world, holding forth the word of life.” ..."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.8.12.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 8:12","href":"/jhn/8/#v12-westcott","text":"Phil. ii. 15","snippet":"The same title in all its fulness was given by the Lord to His disciples (Matt. v. 14) ; and St Paul (Phil. ii. 15) speaks of Christians as \"luminaries \" ( ...."}],"16":[{"id":"bengel.JHN.1.4.1","author":"Johann Albrecht Bengel","author_dates":"1687-1752","tradition":"Lutheran Pietist","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1752,"ref":"John 1:4","href":"/jhn/1/#v4-bengel","text":"Phil. ii. 15, 16","snippet":"… and Life together: ch. viii. 12, “ He that followeth Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life: 1 Tim. vi. 16, “ Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light, which no man can approach unto:” Phil. ii. 15, 16, “ Ye shine as lights in the world, holding forth the word of life.” ..."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.8.56.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 8:56","href":"/jhn/8/#v56-westcott","text":"ii. 16","snippet":"… be however that the historic work of Christ is regarded in its consummation in the day which is spoken of emphatically as \" that day,\" \" the day of the Son of man\" (Luke xvii. 30), \" the day of Christ\" (Phil. i. 6, 10, ii. 16)."}],"17":[{"id":"henry.JHN.11.49-50.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 11:49–50","href":"/jhn/11/#v49-henry","text":"Phil. ii. 17","snippet":"Thus far it holds true, that it is expedient, and more than so, it is truly honourable, for a man to hazard his life in the service of his country (Phil. ii. 17; 1 John iii. 16); but to put an innocent man to death under colour of consulting the public safety is the devil's policy. ..."},{"id":"henry.JHN.15.13.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 15:13","href":"/jhn/15/#v13-henry","text":"Phil. ii. 17","snippet":"Paul was ambitious of the honour (Phil. ii. 17); and for a good man some will even dare to die, Rom. v. 7."},{"id":"henry.JHN.17.19.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 17:19","href":"/jhn/17/#v19-henry","text":"Phil. ii. 17","snippet":"Paul speaks of his being offered, Phil. ii. 17; 2 Tim. iv. 6."}],"18":[],"19":[],"20":[],"21":[],"22":[],"23":[],"24":[],"25":[],"26":[],"27":[],"28":[],"29":[],"30":[]}}