Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
did not consider equality with God
as something to be used for His own advantage.
New American Standard Bible
who, although He
King James Version
Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
International Standard Version
In God's own form existed he, and shared with God equality, deemed nothing needed grasping.
A Conservative Version
who, existing in the form of God, did not consider being equal to God something to seize and hold.
American Standard Version
who, existing in the form of God, counted not the being on an equality with God a thing to be grasped,
Amplified
who, although He existed in the form and unchanging essence of God [as One with Him, possessing the fullness of all the divine attributes—the entire nature of deity], did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped or asserted [as if He did not already possess it, or was afraid of losing it];
An Understandable Version
He existed in the form of God [i.e., He shared God's very nature], but did not consider [remaining] equal with God something [to continue] to hold onto.
Anderson New Testament
who, being in the form of God, did not think it an act of robbery to be equal with God;
Bible in Basic English
To whom, though himself in the form of God, it did not seem that to take for oneself was to be like God;
Common New Testament
who, though he was in the form of God, did not consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,
Daniel Mace New Testament
who tho' he was the image of God, did not affect to appear with divine majesty, but divested himself thereof,
Darby Translation
who, subsisting in the form of God, did not esteem it an object of rapine to be on an equality with God;
Godbey New Testament
who, being in the form of God, thought it not usurpation to be equal with God,
Goodspeed New Testament
Though he possessed the nature of God, he did not grasp at equality with God,
John Wesley New Testament
Who being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God;
Julia Smith Translation
Who, being in the form of God, thought not robbery to be equal to God
King James 2000
Who, being in the form of God, thought it not a thing to be grasped to be equal with God:
Lexham Expanded Bible
who, existing in the form of God, did not consider being equal with God something to be grasped,
Modern King James verseion
who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Which, being in the shape of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God.
Moffatt New Testament
Though he was divine by nature, he did not set store upon equality with God
Montgomery New Testament
who, though from the beginning he had the nature of God, did not reckon equality with God something to be forcibly retained,
NET Bible
who though he existed in the form of God did not regard equality with God as something to be grasped,
New Heart English Bible
who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,
Noyes New Testament
who, being in the form of God, did not regard it as a thing to be grasped at to be on an equality with God,
Sawyer New Testament
who being in the form of God thought it not a robbery to be equal with God;
The Emphasized Bible
Who, in form of God, subsisting, not, a thing to be seized, accounted the being equal with God,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
who being in the form of God counted it no usurpation to claim equality with God:
Twentieth Century New Testament
Though the divine nature was his from the beginning, yet he did not look upon equality with God as above all things to be clung to,
Webster
Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
Weymouth New Testament
Although from the beginning He had the nature of God He did not reckon His equality with God a treasure to be tightly grasped.
Williams New Testament
Though He was existing in the nature of God, He did not think His being on an equality with God a thing to be selfishly grasped,
World English Bible
who, existing in the form of God, didn't consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,
Worrell New Testament
Who, existing originally in the form of God, accounted it not a prize to he equal with God.
Worsley New Testament
who being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be as God.
Youngs Literal Translation
who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal to God,
Themes
Jesus Christ, Deity Of » As jehovah's fellow and equal
Exaltation » God the father exalting jesus Christ
Humbleness » Jesus Christ humbling himself
Humility of Christ » Saints should imitate
divine Image » In saints » Of God
Jesus Christ » Preexistence of
Jesus Christ » Divinity of » Jehovah's fellow and equal
Meekness » Jesus Christ being meek
Obedience » Jesus Christ being obedient
Obedience to God » Christ, an example of
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Devotionals about Philippians 2:6
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Philippians 2:6
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Verse Info
Context Readings
Christ's Humiliation And Exaltation
5
Make your own attitude that of Christ Jesus,
6
did not consider equality with God
as something to be used for His own advantage.
by assuming the form of a slave,
taking on the likeness of men.
And when He had come as a man
in His external form,
Names
Cross References
John 5:18
This is why the Jews began trying all the more to kill Him:
John 10:33
“We aren’t stoning
2 Corinthians 4:4
In their case, the god of this age
Joshua 5:13-15
When Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in His hand.
Isaiah 7:14
Therefore, the Lord Himself will give you
Isaiah 8:8
flood over it, and sweep through,
reaching up to the neck;
and its spreading streams
will fill your entire land, Immanuel!
1 Timothy 3:16
And most certainly, the mystery of godliness
vindicated in the Spirit,
seen by angels,
preached among the nations,
believed
taken up in glory.
Hebrews 1:3
The Son is the radiance
Genesis 32:24-30
Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak.
Genesis 48:15-16
Then he blessed Joseph and said:
the God who has been my shepherd
Isaiah 9:6
a son will be given to us,
and the government will be on His shoulders.
He will be named
Wonderful Counselor,
Eternal Father,
Jeremiah 23:6
and Israel will dwell securely.
This is what He will be named:
Yahweh Our Righteousness.
Ezekiel 8:2-6
I looked, and there was a form that had the appearance of a man.
Hosea 12:3-5
and as an adult he wrestled with God.
Micah 5:2
you are small among the clans of Judah;
One will come from you
to be ruler over Israel for Me.
His origin
from eternity.
Zechariah 13:7
against the man who is My associate—
this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.
Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered;
I will also turn My hand against the little ones.
Matthew 1:23
and give birth to a son,
and they will name Him Immanuel,
which is translated “God is with us.”
John 1:1-2
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
John 1:18
The One and Only
the One who is at the Father’s
He has revealed Him.
John 5:23
John 8:58-59
Jesus said to them,
John 10:30
John 10:38
John 14:9
Jesus said to him,
John 14:28
Romans 9:5
The ancestors are theirs,
Colossians 1:15-16
the firstborn over all creation.
1 Timothy 1:17
Now to the King
Titus 2:13
while we wait for the blessed hope
Hebrews 1:6
When He again
Hebrews 1:8
but to
is forever and ever,
and the scepter of Your kingdom
is a scepter of justice.
Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
Revelation 1:17-18
When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. He laid His right hand on me and said,
Revelation 21:6
And He said to me, “It is done!
John 17:5
John 20:28
Thomas responded to Him, “My Lord and my God!”