Philippians 2:7
but emptied Himself,
What it says
But emptied himself by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.
What it is doing
It continues Christ's self-humbling descent.
In context
5Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus: 6Who, existing in the form of God, 7but emptied Himself, 8And being found in appearance as a man, 9Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place 10that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, 11and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,