...propitiation, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins. And though he was once in the form of God and thought it no robbery to be equal with God ; yet he made himself of no reputation and took upon him the form of a servant and was made in the...

...So God redeemed his church with his own blood ; Acts xx. 28. ' Inasmuch, as he who was in the form of God, and thought it no robbery to be equal with God, humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, the death of the cross;' Phil. ii. 6 — 8. Now in...

...James ii. 1. It is brought in as a noble aggravation of what he endured, that then " he was in the form of God, and thought it no robbery to be equal with God; he made himself of no reputation, and being found in fashion as a man, took on him the form of a servant,...

...5. ' Who loved us, and washed us in his own blood.' Phil.ii. 6 — 8. 'Who when he was in the form of God, and thought it no robbery to be equal with God, humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.' 2 Cor. viii. 9. 'This...

...before all things, and by Him all things consist." But although this adorable Being was thus in the form of God, and thought it no robbery to be equal with God, yet did He make himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant, (a decided proof...

...manifestation of the glory or excellency of God. For the accomplishment of this end, " He, who was in the form of God, and thought it no " robbery to be equal with God, made himself of no reputation, " took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the " likeness of...

...would redeem. Oh, but consider the humiliation of this act of the Son of God, " who was in the form of God, and thought it no robbery to be equal with God ; " that he should " become sin for us who knew no sin ;" that he should endure the vile contact and...

...was " the brightness of the Father's glory, and the express image of his person." He was in the form of God, and thought it no robbery to be equal with God. Though, in his divine nature, he was the ever-blessed and unchangeable Jehovah, the King eternal, immortal...

...self-flattery, our self-justification, and our self-righteousness. Christ, although he " was in the form of God, and " thought it no robbery to be equal with God, yet made himself " of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant." The spirit which he...

...being claim before* his existence? But he was rich, and for our sakes became poor. He was in the form of God, and thought it no robbery to be equal with God. He took upon him the form of a servant, and made himself of no reputation. There was a glory that accompanied...