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gospel of Christ.” However, the verb used here is politeu,omai usually defined “to be a citizen.”39 Perhaps a more literal translation would be ‘Only, live your citizenship in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ.’ Fee takes note of this verb, as well as other terms like the “‘Praetorian Guard’ (1:13) [and] ‘Caesar’s household’ (4:22).”40 This unique vocabulary again highlights the uniqueness of audience to whom this letter was addressed. Literary Form of Philippians 2:6-11: Encomium Scholarship has long recognized that Philippians 2:6-11 is different from the surrounding text, but a debate has been raging for a century over what kind of writing is found in these verses. Modern scholarship on the topic generally begins with Ernest Lohmeyer’s 1928 work which led many after him to refer to this text as a ‘hymn’.41 Colin Brown gives careful analysis of Lohmeyer’s work as a “memorial tribute” to Lohmeyer in Martin/Dodd’s collection of essays entitled Where Christology Began. Colin Brown shows how Lohmeyer divided the six verses in to six stanzas, each with three lines, reprinted here for discussion and reference:42 (1) ὃς ἐν μορφῇ θεοῦ ὑπάρχων οὐχ ἁρπαγμὸν ἡγήσατο τὸ εἶναι ἴσα θεῷ (2) ἀλλὰ ἑαυτὸν ἐκένωσεν μορφὴν δούλου λαβών, ἐν ὁμοιώματι ἀνθρώπων γενόμενος· (3) καὶ σχήματι εὑρεθεὶς ὡς ἄνθρωπος ἐταπείνωσεν ἑαυτὸν γενόμενος ὑπήκοος μέχρι θανάτου, θανάτου δὲ σταυροῦ (4) διὸ καὶ ὁ θεὸς αὐτὸν ὑπερύψωσεν
καὶ ἐχαρίσατο αὐτῷ τὸ ὄνομα τὸ ὑπὲρ πᾶν ὄνομα,
39 BDAG, 846. 40 Fee, 19. 41 Nebreda, 288. 42 Collin Brown, “Ernest Lohmeyer’s Kyrio Jesus,” Where Christology Began: Essays On Philippians 2, ed. Ralph P. Martin and Brian J. Dodd (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1998), 8.