Philippians 2:1 If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, 2 Fulfil you my joy, that you be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. 3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
For example, when Christ first came to this earth in His incarnate state, He did not seek out the fanfare, and the red-carpet treatment that earthly royalties and dignitaries so often yearn for. God didn’t send His angels first to the nobility and clergy of the day, nor did He make the grand announcement to those were served in the upper echelons of government.
Instead, the grand revelation was made to humble shepherds, out on the open plains, at night, when most people should be sleeping. In fact, it seems as if the shepherds in Christ’s day stood at the bottom of the social totem pole, because it seems as if their testimony could not be admitted as evidence in the courts of the land.
Instead of the angels attending Him with a fleet of shiny black Cadillacs with tinted windows, and with secret service personnel with dark shades and guns at their waist; Christ was headed to a manger where a fleet of humble farm animals awaited Him. That is a manifestation of the selflessness Paul refers to in Corinthians.
Luke 2:6 And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. 7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!