Philippians 2:7

But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
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Ambrosiaster

AD 400
He is said not to have taken the form of God but to have been in the form of God. What he is said to have taken is the form of a slave when he was humbled like a sinner. People become slaves through sin, like Ham the son of Noah, who first received the title of slave through his own actions. His “taking the form of a slave” was not simply his becoming human but his profound identification with sinners, voluntarily “taking the form of a slave.” .
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Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation - 2 Peter 1:20

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