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Philippians 2:9
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For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name,
Therefore, God also highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name,
Because of this, God made him the boss over everything. God honored him above every man and his name is above all other names.
For this reason God has put him in the highest place and has given to him the name which is greater than every name;
Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and granted him a name, that which is above every name,
For this reason God highly exalted Him and gave Him the name that is above every name,
Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name;
Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and hath given him a name which is above every name,
It is in consequence of this that God has also so highly exalted Him, and has conferred on Him the Name which is supreme above every other,
Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and giuen him a Name which is aboue euery name:
Because of this also God highly exalted Him and gave Him a name above every name,
Therfore hath God also exalted him, and geuen him a name, which is aboue all names,
wherefore God has highly exalted and given him a name, which is above every name;
Because of that obedience, God lifted him high and honored him far beyond anyone or anything, ever, so that all created beings in heaven and on earth—even those long ago dead and buried—will bow in worship before this Jesus Christ, and call out in praise that he is the Master of all, to the glorious honor of God the Father.
For this reason also [because He obeyed and so completely humbled Himself], God has highly exalted Him and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name,
Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and gave unto him the name which is above every name;
Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every name,
Wherfore god hath exalted him and geve him a name above all names:
Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name;
Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
wherefore, also, God did highly exalt him, and gave to him a name that [is] above every name,
So God raised him to the highest place. God made his name greater than every other name
As a result God highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name,
Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names,
Then God gave Christ the highest place and honored his name above all others.
Therefore God raised him to the highest place and gave him the name above every name;
Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name,
Wherefore God hath also highly exalted him, and giuen him a Name aboue euery name,
Wherefore God also has highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name;
Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name;
Now lifted up by God to heaven,John 17:1-2,5; Acts 2:33; Ephesians 1:20-21; Hebrews 1:4; 2:9;">[xr] A name above all others given, This matchless name possessing.
Wherefore also Aloha greatly exalted him, and gave him a name that is more excellent than all names,
Wherefore, also, God hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is more excellent than all names;
Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name,
Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor and gave him the name above all other names,
Because of this, God lifted Jesus high above everything else. He gave Him a name that is greater than any other name.
Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and gave unto him the name which is above every name;
Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name,
Wherefore also, God, uplifted him far on high, and favoured him with the name which is above every name, -
For which cause, God also hath exalted him and hath given him a name which is above all names:
Therefore also God exalted him and graciously granted him the name above every name,
Wherfore God also hath highly exalted hym, and geuen hym a name which is aboue euery name.
So God raised him up to the most important place and gave him the name that is greater than any other name.
For this reason also God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name,
For this reason God raised him to the highest place above and gave him the name that is greater than any other name.
For which thing God enhaunside hym, and yaf to hym a name that is aboue al name;
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
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God: Genesis 3:15, Psalms 2:6-12, Psalms 8:5-8, Psalms 45:6, Psalms 45:7, Psalms 69:29, Psalms 69:30, Psalms 72:17-19, Psalms 91:14, Psalms 110:1, Psalms 110:5, Isaiah 9:7, Isaiah 49:6-8, Isaiah 52:13, Isaiah 53:12, Daniel 2:44, Daniel 2:45, Daniel 7:14, Matthew 11:27, Matthew 28:18, Luke 10:22, John 3:35, John 3:36, John 5:22-27, John 13:3, John 17:1-3, John 17:5, Acts 2:32-36, Acts 5:31, Romans 14:9-11, 1 Corinthians 15:24-27, Hebrews 2:9, Hebrews 12:2, 2 Peter 1:17, Revelation 1:5, Revelation 3:21, Revelation 5:12, Revelation 11:15, Revelation 19:16
given: Psalms 89:27, Ephesians 1:20-23, Colossians 1:18, Hebrews 1:4, 1 Peter 3:22
Reciprocal: Genesis 41:41 - General Leviticus 8:9 - General Leviticus 14:6 - the living bird Joshua 3:7 - magnify thee 2 Chronicles 1:1 - magnified Psalms 8:1 - thy Psalms 16:6 - I have Psalms 18:48 - liftest Psalms 18:50 - Great Psalms 21:5 - glory Psalms 45:2 - God Psalms 47:2 - a great Psalms 89:4 - General Psalms 97:9 - high Psalms 103:19 - his kingdom Song of Solomon 1:3 - thy name Song of Solomon 3:11 - behold Song of Solomon 5:10 - the chiefest Isaiah 12:4 - his name Isaiah 49:4 - yet Ezekiel 1:26 - over Ezekiel 21:27 - until Ezekiel 34:24 - a prince Zechariah 14:16 - the King Matthew 22:42 - What Luke 1:32 - shall be great Luke 19:12 - to John 3:31 - is above John 8:54 - it is John 14:13 - that John 17:10 - and I Acts 2:33 - by Acts 3:13 - hath Acts 8:33 - his humiliation Acts 19:17 - the name 1 Corinthians 1:2 - our Lord 1 Corinthians 8:6 - and one 1 Corinthians 15:27 - General 2 Corinthians 13:4 - yet Ephesians 1:10 - he Ephesians 1:21 - above Ephesians 3:15 - the whole Colossians 2:10 - the head Hebrews 1:2 - appointed Hebrews 2:8 - hast Hebrews 7:26 - made James 2:7 - worthy 1 Peter 1:21 - gave Revelation 5:6 - seven horns Revelation 5:8 - the four
Cross-References
And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the Lord our God, as he hath commanded us.
She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;
For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me.
I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him,.... The apostle proceeds to observe the exaltation of Christ, for the encouragement of meek and humble souls; that whereas Christ, who so exceedingly demeaned himself, was afterwards highly exalted by God, so all such who, in imitation of him, behave to one another in lowliness of mind, shall be exalted in God's due time; for whoso humbleth himself, shall be exalted. The first step of Christ's exaltation was his resurrection from the dead, when he had a glory given him as man; his body was raised in incorruption, in glory, in power, and a spiritual one; it became a glorious body, and the pledge and exemplar of the saints at the general resurrection, of which his transfiguration on the mount was an emblem and prelude; and he was also glorified then as Mediator, he was then justified in the Spirit, and acquitted and discharged from all the sins of his people, he took upon him and bore, having satisfied for them; and all God's elect were justified in him, for he rose as a public person, as their head, for their justification; yea, in some sense he was then glorified, as a divine person; not that any new additional glory was, or could be made to him as such; but there was an illustrious manifestation of his natural, essential, and original glory; he was declared to be the Son of God with power, by his resurrection from the dead: the next step of his high exaltation was his ascending on high up to the third heaven, where he is made higher than the heavens; when he was accompanied by an innumerable company of angels, and by those saints whose bodies rose out of their graves after his resurrection; and was received and carried up in a bright glorious cloud; and passing through the air, the seat of the devils, he led captivity captive, and triumphed over principalities and powers, having before spoiled them on his cross; and then entering into heaven, he sat down at the right hand of God, which is another branch of his exaltation; and shows that he had done his work, and that it was approved and accepted of; and had that glory and honour bestowed on him, which never was on any mere creature, angels or men, to sit down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; which as it is the highest pitch of the exaltation of the human nature of Christ, so by it there is a most illustrious display of the glory of his divine person as the Son of God; who was with God, as one brought up with him from all eternity; and was so likewise when here on earth, but not so manifestly; but now he is openly and manifestly glorified with himself, with that glory he had with him before the world began: moreover, Christ's exaltation lies in his having the gifts of the Spirit without measure, to bestow on his ministers and churches, in all succeeding generations, for the carrying on of his interest, and the enlargement of his kingdom; in having all power in heaven and in earth, to complete his work and great designs; in having dominion and authority over all creatures and things, which are made to be subservient to the execution of his mediatorial office; and in having the right and power of judging the world at the last day, when there will still be a more glorious display of his eternal deity and divine sonship; for he will come in his Father's glory, and in his own, and with his holy angels: now the causes of Christ's exaltation are these: the efficient cause is God; though he made himself of no reputation, and humbled himself, these were voluntary acts of his own; yet he did not exalt himself, but God exalted him, even God the Father; with him the covenant of grace and redemption was made, in which glory was promised Christ, in consideration of his obedience, sufferings, and death; and which he prayed to him for, and pleaded for with him, having done his work; and which exaltation of Christ is always ascribed to God, even the Father; see Acts 2:33; the impulsive or moving cause, and indeed the meritorious cause, were the humiliation of Christ; because he, though he was originally so great and glorious, yet made himself as it were nothing, humbled himself to become man, and was contented to be accounted a mere man, and went up and down in the form of a servant; and because he became so cheerfully obedient to the whole law, and to death itself, for the sake of his people, and out of love to them, "therefore" God exalted him: the exaltation of Christ was not only a consequence of his obedience and death, and his humiliation merely the way to his glory; but his high and exalted estate were the reward of all this; it was what was promised him in covenant, what was then agreed upon, what he expected and pleaded, and had as a recompense of reward, in consideration of his having glorified God on earth, and finished the work he undertook to do: it follows as an instance of the exaltation of Christ,
and [hath] given him a name which is above every name. The Syriac version renders it, "which is more excellent than every name"; and the Arabic version translates it, "which is more eminent than every name"; and the Ethiopic version thus, "which is greater than every name": by which is meant, not any particular and peculiar name by which he is called; not the name of God, for though this is his name, the mighty God, and so is even the incommunicable name Jehovah, and which may be truly said to be every name; but neither of these are given him, but what he has by nature; and besides were what he had before his exaltation in human nature: it is true indeed, upon that this name of his became more illustrious and manifest unto men; it is a more clear point, that he is God over all blessed for evermore; and it will still be more manifest at his glorious appearing, that he is the great God, as well as our Saviour: to which may be added, that the name Jehovah in the plate of gold on the high priest's forehead, was set above the other word; so says Maimonides m,
"the plate of gold was two fingers broad, and it reached from ear to ear; and there was written upon it two lines, "holiness to the Lord"; קדש, "holiness", was written below, and ליהוה מלמעלה, "to the Lord", or "to Jehovah", above:''
whether here may not be an allusion to this, I leave to be considered: nor do I think that the name of the Son of God is meant; this is indeed a name of Christ, and a more excellent one than either angels or men have; for he is in such sense the Son of God, as neither of them are; but this is a name also which he has by nature, and is what he had before his exaltation; and was before this attested by his Father, and confessed by angels, men, and devils; though indeed upon his exaltation, he was declared more manifestly to be the Son of God, as he will be yet more clearly in his kingdom and glory: much less is the name Jesus intended, which was given him by the angel before his conception and birth, and was a name common to men among the Jews; but it seems to design such fame and renown, honour, glory, and dignity, as were never given unto, and bestowed upon creatures; as his rising from the dead as a public person, his ascending on high in the manner he did, his session at the right hand of God, his investiture with all gifts, power, dominion, authority, and with the judgment of the world; and whatever name of greatness there is among men or angels, Christ has that which is superior to it. Was a priest a name of honour and dignity among the Jews? Christ is not only a priest, and an high priest, but a great high priest; a priest not after the order of Aaron, but after the order of Melchizedek, Hebrews 7:11, and a greater than he himself. Is a king a great name among men? Christ has on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King of kings, and Lord of lords. Is a deliverer of a nation a title of great honour? Christ is exalted to be a Prince and a Saviour of men of all nations; nor is there any other name but his, that is given among men, whereby we must be saved. Is a mediator between warring princes and kingdoms accounted a name of greatness and glory? Christ is the one only Mediator between God and man, and of a new and better covenant. Are angels, seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominions, principalities, and powers, great names in the other world? Christ is the Angel of God's presence, an eternal one, the Angel of the covenant, the head of all principality and power. These are all subject to him, and he is set at God's right hand far above them.
m Hilchot Cele Hamikdash, c. 9. sect. 1.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Wherefore - As a reward of this humiliation and these sufferings. The idea is, that there was an appropriate reward for it, and that that was bestowed upon him by his exaltation as Mediator to the right hand of God; compare the notes at Hebrews 2:9.
God also hath highly exalted him - As Mediator. Though he was thus humbled, and appeared in the form of a servant, he is now raised up to the throne of glory, and to universal dominion. This exaltation is spoken of the Redeemer as he was, sustaining a divine and a human nature. If there was, as has been supposed, some obscuration or withdrawing of the symbols of his glory Philippians 2:7, when he became a man, then this refers to the restoration of that glory, and would seem to imply, also, that there was additional honor conferred on him. There was all the augmented glory resulting from the work which he had performed in redeeming man.
And given him a name which is above every name - No other name can be compared with his. It stands alone. He only is Redeemer, Saviour. He only is Christ, the Anointed of God; see the notes at Hebrews 1:4. He only is the Son of God. His rank, his titles, his dignity, are above all others; see this illustrated in the notes at Ephesians 1:20-21.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 9. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him — If by his humiliation he has merited pardon and final salvation for the whole world, is it to be wondered that the human body, in which this fulness of the Godhead dwelt, and in which the punishment due to our sins was borne upon the tree, should be exalted above all human and all created beings? And this is the fact; for he hath given him a name, το ονομα, the name, which is above every name: το is prefixed to ονομα here by ABC, 17, Origen, Dionysius Alexandrinus, Eusebius, Cyril, and Procopius. This makes it much more emphatic. According to Ephesians 1:20-21, the man Christ Jesus is exalted to the right hand of God, far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come. From which it appears that no creature of God is so far exalted and so glorious as the man Christ Jesus, human nature being in him dignified infinitely beyond the angelic nature; and that this nature has an authority and pre-eminence which no being, either in heaven or earth, enjoys. In a word, as man was in the beginning at the head of all the creatures of God, Jesus Christ, by assuming human nature, suffering and dying in it, has raised it to its pristine state. And this is probably what is here meant by this high exaltation of Christ, and giving him a name which is above every name. But if we refer to any particular epithet, then the name JESUS or Saviour must be that which is intended; as no being either in heaven or earth can possess this name as he who is the Redeemer of the world does, for he is the only Saviour; none has or could redeem us to God but he; and throughout eternity he will ever appear as the sole Saviour of the human race. Hence, before his birth, Gabriel stated that his name should be called JESUS; giving for reason, he shall SAVE his people from their sins. The qualifications of the Saviour of the world were so extraordinary, the redeeming acts so stupendous, and the result of all so glorious both to God and man, that it is impossible to conceive a higher name or title than that of JESUS, or Saviour of the world.
