Philippians 2:9
Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
Study Note
Study Note
The exaltation of Christ — 'Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name' — is the divine response to the kenotic self-humbling described in 2:6-8. The 'therefore' (dio) makes the exaltation the consequence of the humiliation, structuring the hymn on the ancient wisdom principle that the way up is the way down (compare Luke 14:11; 18:14). The 'name that is above every name' — revealed in verse 10-11 as 'Jesus' confessed as 'Lord' (Kyrios, the LXX equivalent of YHWH) — applies to Jesus the divine name and the universal homage of Isaiah 45:23. The hymnic structure (verses 6-11) has been debated as pre-Pauline material, making it potentially one of the earliest expressions of high Christology in the entire New Testament.
Other Translations
Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and gave unto him the name which is above every name;
wherefore, also, God did highly exalt him, and gave to him a name that <FI>is<Fi> above every name,
For this reason God has put him in the highest place and has given to him the name which is greater than every name;
Cross References
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