7but 2:7 I.e., set aside His divine rightsemptied Himself by taking the form of a bond-servant and2:7 Or having come to bebeing born in the likeness of men.
7but emptied Himself [without renouncing or diminishing His deity, but only temporarily giving up the outward expression of divine equality and His rightful dignity] by assuming the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men [He became completely human but was without sin, being fully God and fully man].