Have in yourselves the same attitude that is also yours in Christ Jesus. For the success of the practical living of their call as suggested by Paul, the members of the Philippian Christian community had to do one thing: they had to have in themselves the attitude of Christ. In other words, they had to be “other christs” ( alter Christus) . And how could they become other  christs? They did not have to perform mighty signs as Jesus had done. They did not even have to undergo persecutions as Jesus did (Christ had already done that; ‘it is finished,’ he had said). Rather, they had to become “other christs” by embodying the spirit of Christ: ‘ Have in yourselves the attitude of Christ who did not cling to anything but rather emptied himself…’ 
The life of Jesus, from the crib through the table of the Eucharist to the cross, was all about letting go (emptying of the self). There was much ‘fun’ and ‘glory’ in clinging to his status as son of God as well as in holding on to what he had. However, in obedience to God, Jesus did let go of everything in order to become one like us. Jesus was able to share in the lives of those he encountered since by emptying himself of everything, he had created the capacity for them in his being.  Jesus was able to provide food for the hungry because by assuming their status, he knew how it felt to be hungry. He was able to defend those who were pushed to the margins of the society because he had become one of them. It is this attitude of creating a capacity for the other that Paul urges the Philippians to have in them. And while it might appear to be an impossibility, Paul reminds them that they already have it in themselves: they are one with Christ. It is this attitude that earned Jesus the title Christ and exalted him above every other creature. If followers of Christ would also want themselves to be seen as set apart, this is the only way to go. They too must be ready to assume the conditions of those whom they encounter in order to show them the face of Christ.