Calvin on Philippians 2:5-11 Series: vs.5

 Philippians 2:5. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 

 

"He now recommends, from the example of Christ, the exercise of
humility, to which he had exhorted them in words. 

There are, however, two departments, 

--in the first of which he invites us to imitate Christ, because this is the rule of life:

--in the second, he allures us to it, because this is the road by which we attain true glory. 

Hence he exhorts every one to have the same disposition 

that was in Christ. 

He afterwards shews what a pattern of humility has been presented before us in Christ."

John Calvin