30首先,祂倒空自己,把祂神格的形状,神格外面的彰显摆在一边,成为人的样式。然后,祂降卑自己,顺从至死。基督是神,本有神的彰显。虽然祂与神同等,祂却把这个同等摆在一边,倒空自己,取了人的样式。这指明借着成为肉体,祂成了一个人。然后,既显为人的样子,就降卑自己。这意思是说,当祂作人的时候,祂什么都不坚持,反而降卑自己,以至于死,且死在十字架上。这就是作我们榜样的基督。
30First, He emptied Himself by putting aside the form, the outward expression, of His deity and becoming in the likeness of men. Then He humbled Himself by becoming obedient even unto death. Christ was God with the expression of God. Although He was equal with God, He put aside this equality and emptied Himself by taking the likeness of men. This indicates that He became a man through incarnation. Then, being found in the appearance of a man, He humbled Himself. This means that when He was a man, He did not insist on anything. Rather, He humbled Himself to the point of dying on the cross. This is Christ as our pattern.