Philippians 2:5–11: The Mind of Christ
Philippians 2:5–11 presents one person who is genuinely equal with God and genuinely a servant, obedient to the cross. Paul sets that posture before his readers as the mind they are to share.
Extra Calvinisticum: is Christ’s divine nature confined to his humanity: A Biblical Guide
The extra Calvinisticum is a Reformed inference that the eternal Son was not confined to the humanity he took. Colossians 1:15–20 supports that inference with its picture of the Son who is before all things and holds all things together, but it never states the doctrine in so many words.
Communicatio idiomatum: speaking truly about the person of Christ: A Biblical Guide
Acts 20:28 says God purchased the church with his own blood, a sentence the church reads through the one person of Christ. Because the person is one, what is true of either nature is truly said of him, and that grammar guards both the mystery and the flock.