| Lewis Cheeseman - 1848 - 232 pages
...But the Scriptures represent it to have been not an act of duty, but of voluntary humiliation. — " Being in the form of God he thought it not robbery to be equal with God ; yet made himself of no reputation and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made... | |
| Hiram Mattison - 1848 - 206 pages
...thou serve." VIII. THE DEITY or CHRIST is NECESSARILY IMPLIED IN NUMEROUS PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE. " Being in the form of God, he thought it not robbery to be equal with God." — Philip, ii. 6. " In him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily." — * Col.... | |
| John Wenham - 1848 - 124 pages
...death, that is, the Devil." Heb. ii. 14. Quest. Was it " great humility" in Hun to do so? Ans. Yes ; " being in the form of God, He thought it not robbery to be equal with God : but made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant." Phil. ii. 6,... | |
| Saint Augustine (of Hippo) - 1848 - 612 pages
...Which all things were made ? when shall be seen that Form of God, of Which the Apostle Phit. 2, saith, Being in the Form of God, He thought it not robbery *• to be equal with God? For mighty is that Form, wherein is still recognised the equality of the Father and the Son:... | |
| 1848 - 876 pages
..."Bread of Life," He had to taste the bitterness of death, and to taste it in its most bitter form. "Being in the form of God, he thought it not robbery to be equal with God ; but made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made... | |
| 1874 - 398 pages
...Father." (John x. 17, 18.) He was not only the spotless victim, but one able to give Himself to God. "Being in the form of God, he thought it not robbery to be equal with God : but made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made... | |
| 1874 - 558 pages
...compassion and suffering of Christ ; if there be any truth in that whole wondrous history, in which, " being in the form of God, he thought it not robbery to be equal with God ; but made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made... | |
| 1874 - 108 pages
...works to serve the living God. Surtfr Sunfcag in ILent. The self-humiliation of Christ. PHIL. ii. 6-8. Being in the form of God, (He) thought it not robbery to be equal with God : but made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant ; and being found... | |
| Richard Hughes - 1874 - 386 pages
...glorify Me with Thine own self, with the glory which I had with Thee before the world was." Being thus in the form of God, He " thought it not robbery to be equal with God." It is not well to introduce new translations : but this is a phrase which yields no meaning... | |
| Thomas Lumisden Strange - 1875 - 284 pages
...expressed. He, however, has a distinct view of the divinity of Christ while on earth, alleging that " being in the form of God," he " thought it not robbery to be equal with God ; " and yet, inconsistently, he makes the exaltation of Christ to depend, not on his own inherent... | |
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