Philippians 2:6
4 Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.
5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus:
Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
7 but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness.
8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death— even death on a cross.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
- KJV
- Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
- WEB
- who, existing in the form of God, didn’t consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,
- ASV
- who, existing in the form of God, counted not the being on an equality with God a thing to be grasped,
- DARBY
- who, subsisting in the form of God, did not esteem it an object of rapine to be on an equality with God;
- BLB
- Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider to be equal with God something to be grasped,
- ÅB
- han som, da han var i Guds skikkelse, ikke aktet det for et rov å være Gud lik,
- OTB
- Han som, da han var i Guds skikkelse,
ikke så det som et rov å være Gud lik; - B1930
- han som, da han var i Guds skikkelse, ikke aktet det for et rov å være Gud lik,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 5:18
Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.
Read in context2 Corinthians 4:4
The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
Read in contextHebrews 1:3
The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
Read in contextJohn 17:5
And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.
Read in contextColossians 1:15–16
The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
Read in contextJohn 10:30
I and the Father are one.”
Read in contextRevelation 21:6
And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.
Read in contextIsaiah 9:6
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
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