Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
In God's own form existed he, and shared with God equality, deemed nothing needed grasping.
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:
Holman Bible
did not consider equality with God
as something to be used for His own advantage.
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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Verse Info
Context Readings
Christ's Humiliation And Exaltation
5 Have the same attitude among yourselves that was also in the Messiah Jesus: 6 In God's own form existed he, and shared with God equality, deemed nothing needed grasping. 7 Instead, poured out in emptiness, a servant's form did he possess, a mortal man becoming. In human form he chose to be,
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Cross References
John 5:18
So the Jewish leaders were trying all the harder to kill him, because he was not only breaking the Sabbath but was also calling God his own Father, thereby making himself equal to God.
John 10:33
The Jewish leaders answered him, "We are not going to stone you for a good action, but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, are making yourself God!"
2 Corinthians 4:4
In their case, the god of this world has blinded the minds of those who do not believe to keep them from seeing the light of the glorious gospel of the Messiah, who is the image of God.
Joshua 5:13-15
Now it happened that while Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and much to his amazement, he saw a man standing in front of him, holding a drawn sword in his hand! Joshua approached him and asked him, "Are you one of us, or are you with our enemies?"
Isaiah 7:14
"Therefore the LORD himself will give you a sign. Watch! The virgin is conceiving a child, and will give birth to a son, and his name will be called Immanuel.
Isaiah 8:8
"It's the king of Assyria and all of his arrogance! He will rise over all of the river's channels and run over all of its banks. He will sweep on into Judah, overflowing as he passes through, like flood waters reaching up to a person's neck. His outstretched wings will flow as wide as your land, O Immanuel!"
1 Timothy 3:16
By common confession, the secret of our godly worship is great: In flesh was he revealed to sight, kept righteous by the Spirit's might, adored by angels singing. To nations was he manifest, believing souls found peace and rest, our Lord in heaven reigning!
Hebrews 1:3
He is the reflection of God's glory and the exact likeness of his being, and he holds everything together by his powerful word. After he had provided a cleansing from sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Highest Majesty
Genesis 32:24-30
And so Jacob was left alone, and he struggled with a man until daybreak.
Genesis 48:15-16
Then Israel blessed Joseph by saying: "May the God in whose presence my ancestors Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has continued shepherding me my whole life even until today,
Isaiah 9:6
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government will be upon his shoulder, and his name is called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Jeremiah 23:6
In his time Judah will be delivered and Israel will dwell in safety. This is the name by which he will be known: "The LORD Our Righteousness.'
Ezekiel 8:2-6
and I saw a likeness comparable to the appearance of a man. From his thighs downward there was the appearance of fire, and from his waist upward, there was the appearance of brightness that looked like brass.
Hosea 12:3-5
He circumvented his brother in the womb, and as an adult he fought with God.
Micah 5:2
"As for you, Bethlehem of Ephrathah, even though you remain least among the clans of Judah, nevertheless, the one who rules in Israel for me will emerge from you. His existence has been from antiquity, even from eternity.
Zechariah 13:7
"Arise, sword, against my shepherd, against the mighty one who is related to me," declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies. "Strike the shepherd, the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn against the insignificant ones.
Matthew 1:23
"See, a virgin will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and they will name him Immanuel,"
John 1:1-2
In the beginning, the Word existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:18
No one has ever seen God. The unique God, who is close to the Father's side, has revealed him.
John 5:23
so that everyone may honor the Son as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.
John 8:58-59
Jesus told them, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, before there was an Abraham, I AM!"
John 10:30
I and the Father are one."
John 10:38
But if I'm doing them, even though you don't believe me, believe the actions, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father."
John 14:9
"Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me?" Jesus asked him. "The person who has seen me has seen the Father. So how can you say, "Show us the Father'?
John 14:28
You have heard me tell you, "I'm going away, but I'm coming back to you.' If you loved me, you would rejoice that I'm going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am.
Romans 9:5
To the Israelis belong the patriarchs, and from them, the Messiah descended, who is God over all, the one who is forever blessed. Amen.
Colossians 1:15-16
The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
1 Timothy 1:17
Now to the King Eternal the immortal, invisible, and only God be honor and glory forever and ever! Amen.
Titus 2:13
as we wait for the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior, Jesus the Messiah.
Hebrews 1:6
And again, when he brings his firstborn into the world, he says, "Let all God's angels worship him."
Hebrews 1:8
But about the Son he says, "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, and the scepter of your kingdom is a righteous scepter.
Hebrews 13:8
Jesus, the Messiah, is the same yesterday and today and forever!
Revelation 1:17-18
When I saw him, I fell down at his feet like a dead man. But he placed his right hand on me and said, "Stop being afraid! I am the first and the last,
Revelation 21:6
Then he told me, "It has happened! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will freely give a drink from the spring of the water of life to the one who is thirsty.
John 17:5
"So now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world existed.
John 20:28
Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!"