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Literal Standard Version

Philippians 2:5

For let this mind be in you that [is] also in Christ Jesus,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Commandments;   Example;   Humility;   Jesus Continued;   Thompson Chain Reference - Christ;   Example;   Humility;   Humility-Pride;   Mind;   Mind, Carnal-Spiritual;   The Topic Concordance - Exaltation;   God;   Humbleness;   Jesus Christ;   Meekness;   Mind;   Name;   Obedience;   Servants;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Example of Christ, the;   Holiness;   Humility;   Humility of Christ, the;   Obedience to God;   Union with Christ;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Humility;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Denial;   Disciple;   Humility;   Jesus christ;   Meekness;   Mind;   Paul;   Slave;   Trinity;   Wealth;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Disciple, Discipleship;   Discipline;   Greatness;   Humility;   Image of God;   Love;   Marriage;   Ministry, Minister;   Old Testament in the New Testament, the;   Paul the Apostle;   Philippians, Theology of;   Sanctification;   Spirituality;   Thessalonians, First and Second, Theology of;   Virgin Birth;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Obedience of Christ;   Origenists;   Self-Denial;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Philippians, Epistle to;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jesus Christ;   Mediator;   Peter, the Epistles of;   Son of Man;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ascension;   Confessions and Credos;   Ethics;   Fellowship;   Humility;   Hymn;   Incarnation;   Kenosis;   Marriage;   Obedience;   Paul;   Philippians;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Christianity;   Ethics;   Humility;   Logos;   Paul the Apostle;   Person of Christ;   Philippians, Epistle to;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Atonement (2);   Brotherhood (2);   Christian Life;   Commandment;   Doxology ;   Ephesians Epistle to the;   Ethics;   Example;   Force;   Grace ;   Greatness;   Humiliation of Christ;   Humility;   Humility ;   Imitation;   Justice (2);   Love;   Marks Stigmata;   Mediation Mediator;   Mediator;   Paul (2);   Philippians Epistle to the;   Pre-Existence;   Pre-Existence of Christ;   Redemption;   Sanctify, Sanctification;   Union;   Union with God;   Virtue;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Authority in Religion;   Christ, the Exaltation of;   Eschatology of the New Testament;   Exalt;   Great;   Humility;   Jonah, the Book of;   Pauline Theology;   Person of Christ;   Philippians, the Epistle to;   Sanctification;   Virgin-Birth (of Jesus Christ);  

Devotionals:

- Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life - Devotion for December 15;   Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for December 15;   Every Day Light - Devotion for December 11;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Adopt the same attitude as that of Christ Jesus,
King James Version (1611)
Let this minde bee in you, which was also in Christ Iesus:
King James Version
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
English Standard Version
Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,
New American Standard Bible
Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus,
New Century Version
In your lives you must think and act like Christ Jesus.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus,
Legacy Standard Bible
Have this way of thinking in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus,
Berean Standard Bible
Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus:
Contemporary English Version
and think the same way that Christ Jesus thought:
Complete Jewish Bible
Let your attitude toward one another be governed by your being in union with the Messiah Yeshua:
Darby Translation
For let this mind be in you which [was] also in Christ Jesus;
Easy-to-Read Version
In your life together, think the way Christ Jesus thought.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Let the same minde be in you that was euen in Christ Iesus,
George Lamsa Translation
Reason this within you which Jesus Christ also reasoned,
Good News Translation
The attitude you should have is the one that Christ Jesus had:
Lexham English Bible
Think this in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus,
Literal Translation
For think this within you, which mind was also in Christ Jesus,
Amplified Bible
Have this same attitude in yourselves which was in Christ Jesus [look to Him as your example in selfless humility],
American Standard Version
Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
Bible in Basic English
Let this mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus,
Hebrew Names Version
Have this in your mind, which was also in Messiah Yeshua,
International Standard Version
Have the same attitude among yourselvesHave this mind in you
">[fn] that was also in Christ Jesus:[fn]Matthew 11:29; John 13:15; 1 Peter 2:21; 1 John 2:6;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
And feel [fn] this in yourselves, which Jeshu the Meshiha (did) also:
Murdock Translation
And think ye so in yourselves, as Jesus the Messiah also thought;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Let ye same mynde be in you, which was in Christe Iesus:
English Revised Version
Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
World English Bible
Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus,
Weymouth's New Testament
Let the same disposition be in you which was in Christ Jesus.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And fele ye this thing in you, which also in Crist Jhesu;
Update Bible Version
Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
Webster's Bible Translation
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
New English Translation
You should have the same attitude toward one another that Christ Jesus had,
New King James Version
Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,
New Living Translation
You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.
New Life Bible
Think as Christ Jesus thought.
New Revised Standard
Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The same thing, esteem, in yourselves, which also, in Christ Jesus, ye esteem , -
Douay-Rheims Bible
For let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
Revised Standard Version
Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Let the same mynde be in you that was in Christ Iesu:
Young's Literal Translation
For, let this mind be in you that [is] also in Christ Jesus,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Let the same mynde be in you, that was in Christ Iesu:
Mace New Testament (1729)
for the same temper of mind ought to be in you as was in Christ Jesus:
THE MESSAGE
Think of yourselves the way Christ Jesus thought of himself. He had equal status with God but didn't think so much of himself that he had to cling to the advantages of that status no matter what. Not at all. When the time came, he set aside the privileges of deity and took on the status of a slave, became human! Having become human, he stayed human. It was an incredibly humbling process. He didn't claim special privileges. Instead, he lived a selfless, obedient life and then died a selfless, obedient death—and the worst kind of death at that—a crucifixion.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Ride with the same attitude Christ rode with.

Contextual Overview

1If, then, any exhortation [is] in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of [the] Spirit, if any yearnings and mercies, 2fulfill my joy, that you may mind the same thing—having the same love—of one soul—minding the one thing, 3nothing in rivalry or vainglory, but in humility of mind counting one another more excellent than yourselves— 4do not each look to your own, but each also to the things of others. 5For let this mind be in you that [is] also in Christ Jesus,6who, being in the form of God, thought [it] not something to be seized to be equal to God, 7but emptied Himself, having taken the form of a servant, having been made in the likeness of men, 8and having been found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself, having become obedient to death—even death of a cross, 9for this reason, also, God highly exalted Him, and gave to Him a Name that [is] above every name, 10that in the Name of Jesus every knee may bow—of heavenlies, and earthlies, and what are under the earth—

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Matthew 11:29, Matthew 20:26-28, Luke 22:27, John 13:14, John 13:15, Acts 10:38, Acts 20:35, Romans 14:15, Romans 15:3, Romans 15:5, 1 Corinthians 10:33, 1 Corinthians 11:1, Ephesians 5:2, 1 Peter 2:21, 1 Peter 4:1, 1 John 2:6

Reciprocal: Genesis 14:13 - the Psalms 85:13 - shall set Psalms 119:47 - I will delight Proverbs 15:33 - and Matthew 23:11 - General Mark 1:35 - General Mark 10:45 - came John 10:4 - he goeth Acts 27:34 - for this Romans 15:2 - General 1 Corinthians 6:17 - General 1 Corinthians 10:24 - seek Galatians 4:19 - Christ Ephesians 3:18 - able Ephesians 3:19 - to know 2 Peter 1:8 - in you

Cross-References

Genesis 2:9
and YHWH God causes to sprout from the ground every tree desirable for appearance, and good for food, and the Tree of Life in the midst of the garden, and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.
Genesis 2:11
the name of the first [is] Pison, it [is] that which is surrounding the whole land of Havilah where the gold [is],
Genesis 2:12
and the gold of that land [is] good; the bdellium and the shoham stone [are] there;
Genesis 3:23
YHWH God sends him forth from the Garden of Eden to serve the ground from which he has been taken;
Genesis 4:2
and she adds to bear his brother, even Abel. And Abel is feeding a flock, and Cain has been servant of the ground.
Genesis 4:12
when you till the ground, it will not add to give its strength to you—a wanderer, even a trembling one, you are in the earth."
Job 5:10
Who is giving rain on the face of the land, || And is sending waters on the out-places.
Psalms 104:14
Causing grass to spring up for livestock, || And herb for the service of man, || To bring forth bread from the earth,
Psalms 135:7
Causing vapors to ascend from the end of the earth, || He has made lightnings for the rain, || Bringing forth wind from His treasures.
Jeremiah 14:22
Are there any among the vanities of the nations causing rain? And do the heavens give showers? Are You not He, O our God YHWH? And we wait for you, for You have done all these!

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Let this mind be in you,.... The Arabic version renders it, "let that humility be perceived in you". The apostle proposes Christ as the great pattern and exemplar of humility; and instances in his assumption of human nature, and in his subjection to all that meanness, and death itself, even the death of the cross in it; and which he mentions with this view, to engage the saints to lowliness of mind, in imitation of him; to show forth the same temper and disposition of mind in their practice,

which also was in Christ Jesus; or as the Syriac version, "think ye the same thing as Jesus Christ"; let the same condescending spirit and humble deportment appear in you as in him. This mind, affection, and conduct of Christ, may refer both to his early affection to his people, the love he bore to them from everlasting, the resolution and determination of his mind in consequence of it; and his agreement with his Father to take upon him their nature in the fulness of time, and to do his will, by obeying, suffering, and dying in their room and stead; and also the open exhibition and execution of all this in time, when he appeared in human nature, poor, mean, and abject; condescending to the lowest offices, and behaving in the most meek and humble manner, throughout the whole of his life, to the moment of his death.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus - The object of this reference to the example of the Saviour is particularly to enforce the duty of humility. This was the highest example which could be furnished, and it would illustrate and confirm all the apostle had said of this virtue. The principle in the case is, that we are to make the Lord Jesus our model, and are in all respects to frame our lives, as far as possible, in accordance with this great example. The point here is, that he left a state of inexpressible glory, and took upon him the most humble form of humanity, and performed the most lowly offices, that he might benefit us.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 5. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus — Christ laboured to promote no separate interest; as man he studied to promote the glory of God, and the welfare and salvation of the human race. See then that ye have the same disposition that was in Jesus: he was ever humble, loving, patient, and laborious; his meat and drink was to do the will of his Father, and to finish his work.


 
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