1:15 Some, to be sure, are preaching Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from goodwill.
2:7 but emptied himself
by taking on the form of a slave, 3
by looking like other men, 4
and by sharing in human nature. 5
2:9 As a result God exalted him
and gave him the name
that is above every name,
1 tn Grk “having,” most likely as an instrumental participle. Thus their present struggle is evidence that they have received the gift of suffering.
2 tn Grk “that you saw in me and now hear [to be] in me.”
1 tn See the note on the word “slaves” in 1:1.
2 tn Grk “by coming in the likeness of people.”
3 tn Grk “and by being found in form as a man.” The versification of vv. 7 and 8 (so also NRSV) is according to the versification in the NA27 and UBS4 editions of the Greek text. Some translations, however, break the verses in front of this phrase (NKJV, NASB, NIV, NLT). The same material has been translated in each case; the only difference is the versification of that material.