The name of Jesus is above every name

If then there is any encouragement in Christ, any consolation from love, any sharing in theSpirit, any compassion and sympathy, make my joy complete: be of the same mind,having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from selfishambition or conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves. Let each ofyou look not to your own interests, but to the interests of others. Let the same mind be inyou that was in Christ Jesus,

who, though he was in the form of God,
did not regard equality with God
as something to be exploited,

but emptied himself,
taking the form of a slave,
being born in human likeness.

And being found in human form,
he humbled himself
and became obedient to the point of death—
even death on a cross.

Therefore God also highly exalted him
and gave him the name
that is above every name,
so that at the name of Jesus
every knee should bend,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue should confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.

Philippians 2:1-22

About this testimony

One of the oldest Christian liturgical texts recorded in Scripture, this is the famous “kenotic hymn” or “Song of the Self-Emptying of Christ” from Philippians 2:1-11. It explores the mystery of Christ’s humiliation and exaltation. The One who was handed over to a shameful death on the Cross is the One before whom all knees will bend and all tongues will confess, “Jesus Christ is Lord.” But Christ’s humility also teaches us how to live: we should “do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard others as better” than ourselves. So, “let each you look not to your own interests, but to the interests of others.” This is how Jesus lived. This is how we can live.