Philippians 2:9 BSB

Philippians 2:9

Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names,

BSB

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ASV

Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and gave unto him the name which is above every name;

KJV

Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:

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Commentary

3 voices

Athanasius of Alexandria

296–373

Discourses Against the Arians 1.41 (373)

That "God has highly exalted him" does not imply that the essential nature of the Word at long last became exalted. For God the Son is and always was equal to God the Father. The exaltation is of the humanity.… The text says "he humbled himself" with reference to the assumption of the flesh. So too it says "he exalted him" with reference to the flesh. It was the human race that needed this, because of the humiliation of its flesh and because of its consequent death.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Wherefore - As a reward of this humiliation and these sufferings. The idea is, that there was an appropriate reward for it, and that that was bestowed upon him by his exaltation as Mediator to the right hand of God; compare the notes at Heb 2:9. God also hath highly exalted him - As Mediator. Though he was thus humbled, and appeared in the form of a servant, he is now raised up to the throne of glory, and to universal dominion. This exaltation is spoken of the Redeemer as he was, sustaining a divine and a human nature.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

God exalted Christ as man to equality with God [BENGEL]. highly exalted--Greek, "super-eminently exalted" (Eph 4:10). given him--Greek, "bestowed on Him." a name--along with the corresponding reality, glory and majesty. which--Translate, namely, "that which is above every name." The name "JESUS" (Php 2:10), which is even now in glory His name of honor (Ac 9:5).

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
διὸ	dio	Therefore	G1352 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
θεὸς	theos	God	G2316 →
αὐτὸν	auton	Him	G846 →
ὑπερύψωσεν	huperupsōsen	highly exalted	G5251 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐχαρίσατο	echarisato	granted	G5483 →
αὐτῷ	autō	to Him	G846 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
ὄνομα	onoma	name	G3686 →
τὸ	to	<the>	G3588 →
ὑπὲρ	huper	above	G5228 →
πᾶν	pan	every	G3956 →
ὄνομα,	onoma	name,	G3686 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 28:18
Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
leads to
- John 3:35
  The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.
- 1 Peter 3:22
  who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.
- Matthew 11:27
  All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses…
- Ephesians 1:20–22
  which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,
- Hebrews 2:8
  and placed everything under his feet.” When God subjected all things to him, He left nothing outside of his control. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to him.
Through
Revelation 19:16
And He has a name written on His robe and on His thigh: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
leads to
- Revelation 17:14
  They will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will triumph over them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and He will be accompanied by His called and chosen…
- 1 Timothy 6:15
  which the blessed and only Sovereign One—the King of kings and Lord of lords—will bring about in His own time.
Through
Hebrews 2:9
But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death…
leads to
- Philippians 2:7–9
  but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness.

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