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Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names,
Philippians 2:9 · Berean Standard Bible
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  • WEB Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name;
  • KJV Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
  • NKJV Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name,
  • NASB For this reason also God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name,
  • NLT Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor and gave him the name above all other names,

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Therefore God highly exalted Him and gave Him the name above every name. The path of humility led to supreme exaltation.

Overview

In response to Christ's obedience, the Father raised and enthroned Him in the highest honor. The "name above every name" signals His supreme lordship and authority. The pattern of humiliation followed by exaltation both vindicates Christ and assures His people that the lowly way is God's way to glory.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 40

  • Rev 19:16And He has a name written on His robe and on His thigh: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
  • Matt 28:18Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
  • 1 Pet 3:22who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.
  • Heb 2:9But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.
  • Isa 52:13Behold, My Servant will prosper; He will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.
  • Eph 1:20–23which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,
  • Rev 5:12In a loud voice they were saying: “Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing!”
  • Dan 7:14And He was given dominion, glory, and kingship, that the people of every nation and language should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.
  • Heb 1:4So He became as far superior to the angels as the name He has inherited is excellent beyond theirs.
  • Ps 89:27I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
  • Ps 72:17–19May his name endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun shines. In him may all nations be blessed; may they call him blessed.
  • Ps 110:1A Psalm of David. The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
  • John 17:5And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.
  • Isa 53:12Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.
  • Heb 12:2Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
  • John 5:22–27Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,
  • John 17:1–3When Jesus had spoken these things, He lifted up His eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may glorify You.
  • Acts 2:32–36God has raised this Jesus to life, to which we are all witnesses.
  • Ps 91:14“Because he loves Me, I will deliver him; because he knows My name, I will protect him.
  • Ps 110:5The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.
  • Rev 3:21To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
  • Luke 10:22All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.”
  • John 3:35–36The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.
  • Ps 2:6–12“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
  • Acts 5:31God exalted Him to His right hand as Prince and Savior, in order to grant repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.
  • Ps 45:6–7Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
  • Rev 11:15Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”
  • Isa 9:7Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
  • Gen 3:15And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
  • Col 1:18And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.
  • 2 Pet 1:17For He received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to Him from the Majestic Glory, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
  • John 13:3Jesus knew that the Father had delivered all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was returning to God.
  • Rev 1:5and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood,
  • Matt 11:27All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.
  • Ps 8:5–8You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor.
  • Ps 69:29–30But I am in pain and distress; let Your salvation protect me, O God.
  • Dan 2:44–45In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself stand forever.
  • Isa 49:6–8He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”
  • 1 Cor 15:24–27Then the end will come, when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father after He has destroyed all dominion, authority, and power.
  • Rom 14:9–11For this reason Christ died and returned to life, that He might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.

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Christ at the center

The one who, being in the form of God, emptied himself to the point of death on a cross and was exalted to the name above every name — the joy and prize of the believer.

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