7 No, but he emptied himself and took a slave’s form+ and came to be in the likeness of men.+

16 Indeed, the sacred secret+ of this godly devotion* is admittedly great: ‘He was made manifest in flesh,+ was declared righteous in spirit,+ appeared to angels,+ was preached about among nations,+ was believed upon in [the] world,+ was received up in glory.’+

14 Therefore, since the “young children” are sharers of blood and flesh, he also similarly partook of the same things,+ that through his death+ he might bring to nothing*+ the one having the means to cause death,+ that is, the Devil;*+

2 YOU gain the knowledge of the inspired expression from God+ by this: Every inspired expression that confesses Jesus Christ as having come in the flesh originates with God,+

7 For many deceivers have gone forth into the world,+ persons not confessing Jesus Christ as coming* in the flesh.+ This is the deceiver*+ and the antichrist.+