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Philippians 2:6
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Philippians 2:6
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Who, being in very nature
[a]
God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
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Philippians 2:6 in Other Translations
KJV
6
Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
ESV
6
who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,
NLT
6
Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to.
MSG
6
He had equal status with God but didn't think so much of himself that he had to cling to the advantages of that status no matter what.
CSB
6
who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God as something to be used for His own advantage.
Philippians 2:6 In-Context
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not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.
5
In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:
6
Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
7
rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.
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And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death— even death on a cross!
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1.
John 1:1
; S
John 14:9
2.
John 5:18
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[a].
Or "in the form of"
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