Though in the form of God, * Jesus would not struggle * to be treated as God,

but emptied himself, * taking the form of a slave, * born like anyone else.

    In every way human, * he humbled himself,

       obeying to the death, * death on a cross.

    For this God lifted him high, * and gave him the name * above all names.

So at the name of Jesus * every knee will bend * in heaven, on earth and the world below,

and every tongue exclaim * to the glory of God the Father: * “Jesus Christ is Lord!”