Jesus was "in the form of God," but chose to empty himself, becoming like us. What do these famous statements by Paul mean?

In episode 48, I examined a common evangelical interpretation of this text and found it lacking.

In this episode, I compare scripture with scripture, to try to come up with a plausible, understandable, well-motivated interpretation.

Can the authors of Genesis, Isaiah, Hebrews, and Revelation, along with other texts by Paul, help us to understand what Paul is and is not asserting in the second chapter of his letter to the Philippians? Here I argue for the affirmative. Are you convinced by my case?

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Links for this episode:

Helpful commentary on Philippians 2 from biblicalunitarian.com.

An informative article by Ray Faircloth on Philippians 2, from christianmonotheism.com.

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