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In fashion (schēmati). Locative case of schēma, from echō, to have, to hold. Bengel explains morphē by forma, homoiōma by similitudo, schēma by habitus. Here with schēma the contrast “is between what He is in Himself, and what He appeared in the eyes of men” (Lightfoot).
He humbled himself (etapeinōsen heauton). First aorist active of tapeinoō, old verb from tapeinos. It is a voluntary humiliation on the part of Christ and for this reason Paul is pressing the example of Christ upon the Philippians, this supreme example of renunciation. See Bruce’s masterpiece, The Humiliation of Christ.
Obedient (hupēkoos). Old adjective, giving ear to. See note on Act 7:39; 2Co 2:9.
Unto death (mechri thanatou). “Until death.” See “until blood” (mechris haimatos, Heb 12:4).
Yea, the death of the cross (thanatou de staurou). The bottom rung in the ladder from the Throne of God. Jesus came all the way down to the most despised death of all, a condemned criminal on the accursed cross.