What does Philippians 2:7 mean?

Philippians 2:7 highlights themes such as humility, service, incarnation when read in context.

How should I apply Philippians 2:7 today?

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But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

5Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

6Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

7But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

8And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

9Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:

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