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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Hippolytus of Rome
AD 235
This, he says, is the form of the servant.
In the "form of a servant "and "became obedient to God the Father, even unto death "so hereafter He is said to be "highly exalted; "and as if well-nigh He had it not by reason of His humanity, and as if it were in the way of grace, He "receives the name which is above every name".
As man; being, however, true God. But, as I have already said, it was the "form of the servant".
And they in reply said, We have seen the Creator of all things in the "form of a servant"
