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Ante-Nicene · to AD 325

62 passages across 25 books of the Bible · Who was this?

On Philippians

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  1. Philippians 2:6
    He never either compared or opposed himself to God the Father. He remembered [throughout his earthly ministry] that he was from the Father.

    ON THE TRINITY 22.5

  2. Philippians 2:6
    If Christ were only a man, he would have been said to have been “in the image of God,” not “in the form of God.” We know that humanity was made in the image, not the form, of God.

    ON THE TRINITY 22.2

  3. Philippians 2:7
    The sovereignty of the divine Word temporarily submitted to assume a man and for a season “humbled himself” and abased himself, not exercising his nature through his powers, while he bore the man that he had assumed. He “emptied himself” when he bowed to injuries and slanders, when he heard unspeakable insults and suffered indignities.

    ON THE TRINITY 22.8-9

  4. Philippians 2:9
    He received “the name that is above every name,” which we must certainly understand as nothing other than the name of God. For it belongs to God to be above all. So it follows that the name that is above all belongs to him who is above all, namely, God.

    ON THE TRINITY 22.10

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