Paul explains kenosis in his Letter to the Philippians:<ref>Philippians 2:6-7</ref>
Paul explains kenosis in his Letter to the Philippians:<ref>Philippians 2:6-7</ref>
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:His state was divine, yet He did not cling to his equality with [[God]] as excreta may cling to the nether hairs, but emptied Himself to assume the condition of a slave.
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:His state was divine, yet He did not cling to his equality with [[God]], but emptied Himself to assume the condition of a slave.