Hymns Based on Philippians 2:11

Christian hymns and worship songs connected to Philippians 2:11

"Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."

— Philippians 2:11

Theological Significance

This verse has inspired Christian hymns that explore themes of Praise, Worship, Salvation, Incarnation, Kingship of Christ. Many worship songs connected to Philippians 2:11 proclaim these timeless biblical truths and invite believers to reflect on and celebrate the message of this scripture.

Sermon Themes from This Passage

  • Praise
  • Worship
  • Salvation
  • Incarnation
  • Kingship of Christ

Example Worship Flow

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    Call to Worship Psalm 100
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    Scripture Reading Philippians 2:11
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    Sermon Praise
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    Response Hymn Blessed Be the Name
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Hymns Inspired by This Passage

Alleluia

Alleluia is a short praise chorus associated with American singer and songwriter Jerry Sinclair and copyrighted in 1972.

Ancient of Days

Ancient of Days begins with a vision larger than any city, nation, or generation: God enthroned beyond the limits of human time.

Angels We Have Heard on High

Angels We Have Heard on High is an English Christmas carol shaped from the French tradition of “Les anges dans nos campagnes.

At the Name of Jesus

At the Name of Jesus is an Ascension hymn that places the worshiper inside the sweeping Christological movement of the New Testament: the eternal Word, creation, incarnation, obedient suffering, victory over death, exaltation, present lordship, and promised return.

Blessed Be the Name

“Blessed Be the Name” is a late nineteenth-century gospel hymn of praise centered on the identity, saving work, exaltation, and reign of Jesus Christ.

Canticle of God's Glory

Canticle of God's Glory is the title given in The United Methodist Hymnal to the ancient Gloria in Excelsis, the great Christian doxology that begins by taking up the angels' song at the birth of Jesus.

Crown Him with Many Crowns

Crown Him with Many Crowns is a Victorian hymn of adoration centered on the crucified, risen, and reigning Christ.

Gloria, Gloria

Gloria, Gloria is a short Taizé canon of praise built around the ancient Christian language of glory to God and the biblical acclamation associated especially with Luke 2:14.

He Is Lord

He Is Lord is a compact resurrection acclamation built around two inseparable New Testament claims: God raised Jesus from the dead, and the risen Jesus is to be confessed as Lord.

His Name Is Wonderful

His Name Is Wonderful is a compact gospel praise song centered on the identity and lordship of Jesus Christ.

In the Cross of Christ I Glory

“In the Cross of Christ I Glory” is a nineteenth-century hymn that takes Paul’s language in Galatians 6:14 as its governing idea: the cross becomes the believer’s true ground of glory.

Jesus Shall Reign

Jesus Shall Reign is Isaac Watts's Christian paraphrase of Psalm 72, presenting the psalm's royal vision as a proclamation of the worldwide reign of Christ.

Jesus Shall Reign Where'er the Sun

Jesus Shall Reign Where’er the Sun is Isaac Watts’s Christian paraphrase of Psalm 72, a royal psalm that prays for righteous rule, protection of the needy, peace, and blessing among the nations.

Lift High the Cross

Lift High the Cross is a processional hymn that joins devotion to Christ's cross with discipleship, public witness, and the mission of the church.

O Come, Let Us Worship

O Come, Let Us Worship is a brief Scripture response based on Psalm 95 and set to music by Edward Shippen Barnes in 1926.

O Holy Night

O Holy Night is the familiar English form of a French Christmas song that joins contemplation of Christ's birth with a widening vision of hope, worship, peace, and human solidarity.

O How I Love Jesus

O How I Love Jesus is a devotional confession centered on the identity and saving work of Christ.

O Savior, Precious Savior

O Savior, Precious Savior is a hymn of adoration in which personal love for Christ expands into the public confession of his saving work, divine fullness, glory, and kingship.

O Thou Eternal Christ of God

“O Thou Eternal Christ of God” is a twentieth-century hymn that sees Palm Sunday not merely as a scene from the past but as a revelation of Christ’s continuing kingship.

Precious Name

Precious Name, also known by its indexed opening line, is a nineteenth-century American gospel hymn by Lydia Odell Baxter with music by William Howard Doane.

Shout to the Lord

“Shout to the Lord” is a contemporary worship song that moves from personal devotion to a vision of creation-wide praise.

Sing, My Tongue, the Glorious Battle

Sing, My Tongue, the Glorious Battle is a Passion hymn that treats the cross not as the collapse of Christ’s mission but as the place of his victory.

Take the Name of Jesus with You

Take the Name of Jesus with You, often known by the refrain title “Precious Name,” is a nineteenth-century American gospel song about carrying faith in Christ into the ordinary pressures of Christian life.

The Head That Once Was Crowned with Thorns

The Head That Once Was Crowned with Thorns is a hymn of reversal: the Jesus who was mocked, wounded, and crowned in humiliation is now confessed as the victorious and exalted Lord.

The Name of Jesus

The Name of Jesus is an early twentieth-century gospel song by Baptist pastor William Clark Martin, set to music by Edmund Simon Lorenz.

To Mock Your Reign, O Dearest Lord

To Mock Your Reign, O Dearest Lord is Fred Pratt Green’s Passion hymn about the unsettling irony of Jesus being treated as a counterfeit king while Christians confess him as the true Lord.

Victory Hymn

Victory Hymn, also known by the Hindi title Jaya Ho, is an anonymous Christian song from India preserved in North American hymnals through English translation, phonetic transcription, and a mid-twentieth-century arrangement of its traditional Hindi melody.

Who Is He in Yonder Stall

Who Is He in Yonder Stall uses a sequence of short questions to lead singers through the identity and work of Jesus Christ.

Explore Related Hymn Themes

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