John Calvin Commentary Philippians 2:5

"Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:" — Philippians 2:5 (ASV)

He now recommends, from Christ's example, the practice of humility, to which he had exhorted them in words. There are, however, two parts: in the first, he invites us to imitate Christ, because this is the rule of life; in the second, he allures us to it, because this is the road by which we attain true glory. Therefore, he exhorts everyone to have the same disposition that was in Christ. He afterwards shows what a pattern of humility has been presented before us in Christ.

I have retained the passive form of the verb, though I do not disapprove of the rendering given by others, because there is no difference in meaning. I merely wished that the reader should have the very form of expression that Paul has employed.