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JFB was one of the few commentaries I have that I didn't actually check.
]]> feeds@yuku.com (PeaTearGriffin) http://thechristiancafe.yuku.com/sreply/8937 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:50:50 GMT http://thechristiancafe.yuku.com/reply/8936/t/Php-2-6-form-morphe-of-God-.html#reply-8936
I think Jamiesson, Faucett and Brown's commentary is spot on and avoids the inconsistency you exposed in many other commentaries. Here's JFB...

Translate, "Who subsisting (or existing, namely, originally: the Greek is not the simple substantive verb, 'to be') in the form of God (the divine essence is not meant: but the external self-manifesting characteristics of God,... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Roger) http://thechristiancafe.yuku.com/sreply/8936 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:31:37 GMT http://thechristiancafe.yuku.com/reply/8935/t/Php-2-6-form-morphe-of-God-.html#reply-8935
The phrase "form of a servant" is explained by the following phrase, "coming in the likeness of men." Did Jesus only appear to be human? Was it just his outward appearance? Or did He have a human nature?

So if "form... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (PeaTearGriffin) http://thechristiancafe.yuku.com/sreply/8935 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:29:06 GMT http://thechristiancafe.yuku.com/topic/1179/t/Php-2-6-form-morphe-of-God-.html
I am studying the "Carmen Christi" (Php 2:5-11). And I am disturbed by something I have found out about the Greek word translated as "form" (morphe). And am hopeful that someone much more knowledgable with the Greek can help me with this.

All the commentaries I possess each say roughly the same thing about morphe. That it refers to the essence of nature. Hence when it says that Jesus is in the "form of God" it means that He possesses... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (PeaTearGriffin) http://thechristiancafe.yuku.com/topic/1179 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:48:29 GMT