Philippians 2:5
Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus...
The ESV (above) is quite different to the NIV/NLT which say that our attitude should be the same as Christ Jesus, which seems to put the focus more on what we should do, rather than what God has done. Maybe the ESV goes to far the other way and conveys that we already have this attitude if we would only just realise it, leaving us passively sitting back waiting for God to zap us. The NKJV seems closer to a middle ground: Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus.
We should have this attitude and should be trying to cultivate it, but recognising that the only way we can have it is through Jesus' work for us and in us, not just us looking at his example and trying to follow
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