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Cum in (orma Dei esset, semetipsum exinanivit fornam servi accipiens, et humiliavit semetipsum usque ad mortem, mortem autem crucis (Philipp. n, 8, 9). Verus Deus est qui dignatur inclinari; verus homo est, qui potuit mori. Propter quod, inquit, et Deus pater exaltavit illum, et donavit illi nomen quod est super omne nomen. Inter eum qui dat, et eum qui accipit honorem, trium est omne nomen. Imum est homo, medium angelus, summum Deus. Hoc nomen donavit quod super omne nomen est, non ei que... genuit, sed illi quem misit, qui factus est obediens usque ad mortem. Aut quid novum est, credi in eo formam servi, qui nec maledicti opprobria ferre de. Spexit?
«When He was in the form of God, He emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, and humbled Himself even unto death, and that the death of the cross» (Phil. 2:8-9). True God is He who deigns to be bowed down; true man is He who was able to die. «Wherefore,» it says, «God the Father also exalted Him, and gave Him a name which is above every name.» Between Him who gives and Him who receives the honor, every name belongs to three: the lowest is man, the middle the angel, the highest God. He gave this name, which is above every name, not to Him whom He begot, but to Him whom He sent, who became obedient even unto death. Or what strange thing is it, that the form of a servant should be believed in Him who did not disdain to bear even the reproaches of a curse?
「祂本有神的形像，卻虛己，取了奴僕的形像，且自己卑微，順服以至於死，且死在十字架上」（腓二8-9）。那屈尊俯就者乃是真神；那能夠死去者乃是真人。經上說：「所以父神將祂升為至高，又賜給祂那超乎萬名之上的名。」在賜尊榮者與受尊榮者之間，一切名分歸於三等：最低的是人，居中的是天使，最高的是神。祂將這超乎萬名之上的名賜下，不是給那祂所生的，乃是給那祂所差遣、成為順服以至於死的。再者，那位連咒詛的羞辱也不屑於承受的祂，若被信為取了奴僕的形像，這又有何稀奇？
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Apostolo protestante, eum qui non noverat peccatum, pro nobis maledictum fecit (II Cor. vi, 21). Quia scriptum est, inquit, Maledictus omnis qui pendet in ligno (Gal. III, 13). Propter quod exaltatus est, ut in nomine Jesu, omne, id est non solum hominis, verum etiam angeli, genu flectatur: ei scilicet qui secundum ejusdem Apostoli dictum, propter vos pauper factus est cum dives esset (11 Cor. VIII, 8, 9), dives ab aeternitate, pauper ex ventre; dives in cœlis, pauper in pannis.
As the Apostle testifies, «Him who knew no sin He made to be sin (a curse) for us» (2 Cor. 5:21). «Because it is written,» he says, «Cursed is everyone that hangs upon a tree» (Gal. 3:13). Wherefore He was exalted, that in the name of Jesus every knee, that is, not only of man but also of angel, should bow: to Him, namely, who according to the saying of the same Apostle «for your sakes became poor, though He was rich» (2 Cor. 8:9)—rich from eternity, poor from the womb; rich in the heavens, poor in swaddling clothes.
如使徒所見證的：「神使那無罪的（為我們成為咒詛）替我們成為罪」（林後五21）。他說：「因為經上記著：『凡掛在木頭上的都是被咒詛的』」（加三13）。所以祂被升為至高，叫一切在耶穌名下的膝，就是不僅是人的、也包括天使的，無不屈膝：即向那位照同一使徒所說「本來富足，卻為你們成了貧窮」（林後八9）的祂——祂從永恆而言富足，從母胎而言貧窮；在諸天中富足，在襁褓中貧窮。