Greetings, Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this discussion. After reviewing everyone's replies, and spending a considerable amount of time reading through the archives, I have seen for myself that no one has been able to produce texts which demonstrate that the word MORFH was understood as 'essential nature', or that it was used with this meaning or sense (whether as a word or as a contribution to a concept). It seems clear to me that the reading of 'essential nature' into the word MORFH serves an obvious theological function. I will retain the word 'form' in both instances of the word in Philippians 2, and thus be true to the semantic range of the word, if not true to the theological preferences of the reader. Jonathan Burke. --- B-Greek home page: http://metalab.unc.edu/bgreek You are currently subscribed to b-greek as: [jwrobie@mindspring.com] To unsubscribe, forward this message to leave-b-greek-327Q@franklin.oit.unc.edu To subscribe, send a message to subscribe-b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu