Philippians 2:8

New English Translation

He humbled himself, by becoming obedient to the point of death – even death on a cross!

Cross References

Psalm 22:16

Yes, wild dogs surround me – a gang of evil men crowd around me; like a lion they pin my hands and feet.

Proverbs 15:33

The fear of the Lord provides wise instruction, and before honor comes humility.

Matthew 17:2

And he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light.

Matthew 26:39

Going a little farther, he threw himself down with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if possible, let this cup pass from me! Yet not what I will, but what you will.”

Matthew 26:42

He went away a second time and prayed, “My Father, if this cup cannot be taken away unless I drink it, your will must be done.”

Luke 9:29

As he was praying, the appearance of his face was transformed, and his clothes became very bright, a brilliant white.

John 10:18

No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down of my own free will. I have the authority to lay it down, and I have the authority to take it back again. This commandment I received from my Father.”

John 14:31

but I am doing just what the Father commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Get up, let us go from here.”

John 15:10

If you obey my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.

John 4:34

Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to complete his work.

Acts 8:33

In humiliation justice was taken from him. Who can describe his posterity? For his life was taken away from the earth.”

Romans 5:19

For just as through the disobedience of the one man many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of one man many will be made righteous.

2 Corinthians 8:9

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich, he became poor for your sakes, so that you by his poverty could become rich.

Galatians 3:13

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us (because it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”)

Deuteronomy 21:23

his body must not remain all night on the tree; instead you must make certain you bury him that same day, for the one who is left exposed on a tree is cursed by God. You must not defile your land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

Titus 2:14

He gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, who are eager to do good.

Hebrews 12:2

keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy set out for him he endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

Hebrews 12:4

You have not yet resisted to the point of bloodshed in your struggle against sin.

1 Peter 2:24

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we may cease from sinning and live for righteousness. By his wounds you were healed.

1 Peter 3:18

Because Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, to bring you to God, by being put to death in the flesh but by being made alive in the spirit.