Philippians 2:5-11

5 You should think about things in the same way that Christ Jesus thought:

6 Christ had the same nature as God.

He was completely equal with God.

But he did not try to keep hold of that.

7 Instead, he chose to leave heaven.

He took for himself the nature of a slave.

He became like a human.

8 And when he lived as a man,

he made himself even less important.

He obeyed God completely, so that he died.

He even died on a cross!

9 Because of that, God then raised Jesus Christ to the most important place.

God gave him the name that is greater than every other name.

10 As a result, when people hear Jesus' name, they must worship him.

Everyone will have to go down on their knees in front of him.

That includes everything that is in heaven,

everything on the earth and everything under the earth.

11 Everyone will have to agree that Jesus Christ is Lord.

When they say that aloud, they will show that God the Father is very great.