Philippians 2:8

And being found in fashion as a man,.... Not that he had only the show and appearance of a man, but he was really a man; for "as" here, denotes not merely the likeness of a thing, but the thing…

And being found - That is, being such, or existing as a man, he humbled himself. In fashion as a man - The word rendered “fashion” - σχῆμα schēma - means figure, mien, deportment. Here it is the…

And being found in fashion as a man - Και σχηματι εὑρεθεις ὡς ανθρωπος. This clause should be joined to the preceding, and thus translated: Being made in the likeness of man, and was found in…

The apostle proceeds in this chapter where he left off in the last, with further exhortations to Christian duties. He presses them largely to like-mindedness and lowly-mindedness, in conformity to the…

found as one who presented Himself for inspection and test. See Appendix F.

fashion See third note on Php 2:6 above. The Greek word schêmadenotes appearance with or withoutunderlying reality. It does…