Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus:
Parallel translations
- WEB Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,
- KJV Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
- NKJV Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,
- NASB Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus,
- NLT You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.
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Quick answer
Have the same mindset that Christ Jesus had. Christ's humility is the pattern for every believer.
Overview
Paul now grounds his call for humility in the supreme example of Christ. The attitude he urges is not invented but found in Jesus Himself. This verse introduces one of the New Testament's greatest passages on Christ's person and self-giving love.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 14
- 1 Jn 2:6Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked.
- Matt 11:29Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
- 1 Pet 2:21For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps:
- 1 Pet 4:1Therefore, since Christ suffered in His body, arm yourselves with the same resolve, because anyone who has suffered in his body is done with sin.
- 1 Cor 10:33as I also try to please everyone in all I do. For I am not seeking my own good, but the good of many, that they may be saved.
- Matt 20:26–28It shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,
- Rom 15:5Now may the God who gives endurance and encouragement grant you harmony with one another in Christ Jesus,
- John 13:14–15So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.
- Eph 5:2and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
- Acts 20:35In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
- Rom 15:3For even Christ did not please Himself, but as it is written: “The insults of those who insult You have fallen on Me.”
- Luke 22:27For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines? But I am among you as one who serves.
- Rom 14:15If your brother is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother, for whom Christ died.
- Acts 10:38how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.
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