Becoming Human

Philippians 2:5-11, NRSV

5Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, 6who, though he was in the form of God,
 did not regard equality with God
as something to be exploited, 7but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in human likeness.
And being found in human form, 8he humbled himself
 and became obedient to the point of death —
even death on a cross.

9Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, 10so that at the name of Jesus
 every knee should bend,
 in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 
11and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.