Philippians 2:7
Douay-Rheims
But emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men, and in habit found as a man.
John Chrysostom
If it were through a natural inferiority that he undertook to bear "the form of a slave," this would not be an instance of humility. Yet Paul makes excellent use of this example as an exhortation precisely to humility.
Source details
A.D. 407 · on Phil 2:7 (ON THE EQUALITY OF THE FATHER AND THE SON, HOMILY 10)
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.