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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John Chrysostom
AD 407
He carefully uses the phrase “in human likeness.” For Christ was not one of the many but as one of the many. God the Word did not degenerate into a man. His essence as God did not change. Rather he appeared like a man, not deluding us with a phantom but instructing us in humility. .
