Article: Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost (proper 21): September 25, 2005.(Preaching Helps)

Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32

Psalm 25:1-8

Philippians 2:1-13

Matthew 21:23-32

First Reading

It may be helpful to read Philippians 1:1-2:18 as one unit, a meditation on the meaning of Paul's imprisonment. Take the Greek noun kenos and its verb kenoo as a starting point. In 2:7 Paul writes about Christ: "but emptied [ekenosen third-person singular aorist] himself, taking the form of a slave." We pick up the noun in 2:16: "It is by holding fast to the word of life that I can boast on the day of Christ that I did not run in vain [kenon] or labor in vain [kenon]."

To emphasize the parallel I see, I might choose to translate "I ...

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