Philippians
King James Version (KJV)
Philippians 2:6
“Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:”
King James Version (KJV)
Philippians 2:6 Context
3Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. 4Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. 5Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. 9Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
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Translation Details for Philippians 2:6
Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
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Bible Commentary for Philippians 2:6
Wesley's Notes for Philippians 2:6
2:6 Who being in the essential form - The incommunicable nature. Of God - From eternity, as he was afterward in the form of man; real God, as real man. Counted it no act of robbery - That is the precise meaning of the words, - no invasion of another's prerogative, but his own strict and unquestionable right. To be equal with God - the word here translated equal, occurs in the adjective form five or six times in the New Testament, #Mt 20:12|; Lu 6:34; Joh 5:18; Ac 11:17; Re 21:16. In all which places it expresses not a bare resemblance, but a real and proper equalitg. It here implies both the fulness and the supreme height of the Godhead; to which are opposed, he emptied and he humbled himself.
People's Bible Notes for Philippians 2:6
Php 2:6 Who, being in the form of God. He refers to the state of our Savior before he took human form. His form was divine. "He had a glory with the father before the world was" (Joh 17:5). See Joh 1:1 2Co 4:4 Heb 1:3, etc. Thought it not robbery to be equal with God. The Revised Version says, "Counted it not a prize". The meaning is not entirely clear, but probably is that "Having a form of glory like God, he did not count it a prize which must be clung to tenaciously, especially when he appeared upon the earth, that he should be equal with God, that is, appear in a divine form, but was willing to lay aside his glory and make himself a servant".
Who being in the forme of God, thought it not robbery to bee equall with God:
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped,
- New American Standard Version (1995)
who, existing in the form of God, counted not the being on an equality with God a thing to be grasped,
- American Standard Version (1901)
To whom, though himself in the form of God, it did not seem that to take for oneself was to be like God;
- Basic English Bible
who, subsisting in the form of God, did not esteem it an object of rapine to be on an equality with God;
- Darby Bible
Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
- Webster's Bible
Although from the beginning He had the nature of God He did not reckon His equality with God a treasure to be tightly grasped.
- Weymouth Bible
who, existing in the form of God, didn't consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,
- World English Bible
that whanne he was in the forme of God, demyde not raueyn, that hym silf were euene to God;
- Wycliffe Bible
who, being in the form of God, thought [it] not robbery to be equal to God,
- Youngs Literal Bible