Philippians 2:6

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“Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,”

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BSBPD

“Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“who, existing in the form of God, counted not the being on an equality with God a thing to be grasped,”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“who, being in the form of God, thought <FI>it<Fi> not robbery to be equal to God,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Philippians 2:6 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 32:24So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.
  2. Genesis 48:15Then he blessed Joseph and said: “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,
  3. Joshua 5:13Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in His hand. Joshua approached Him and asked, “Are You for us or for our enemies?”
  4. Isaiah 7:14Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.
  5. Isaiah 8:8It will pour into Judah, swirling and sweeping over it, reaching up to the neck; its spreading streams will cover your entire land, O Immanuel!
  6. Isaiah 9:6For 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.
  7. Jeremiah 23:6In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name by which He will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
  8. Ezekiel 8:2Then I looked and saw a figure like that of a man. From His waist down His appearance was like fire, and from His waist up He was as bright as the gleam of amber.
  9. Hosea 12:3In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.
  10. Micah 5:2But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel— One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.
  11. Zechariah 13:7Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd,against the man who is My Companion,declares the LORD of Hosts.Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered,and I will turn My hand against the little ones.
  12. Matthew 1:23“Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”).
  13. John 1:1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
  14. John 1:18No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.
  15. John 5:18Because 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.
  16. John 5:23so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
  17. John 8:58“Truly, truly, I tell you,” Jesus declared, “before Abraham was born, I am!”
  18. John 10:30I and the Father are one.”
  19. John 10:33“We are not stoning You for any good work,” said the Jews, “but for blasphemy, because You, who are a man, declare Yourself to be God.”
  20. John 10:38But if I am doing them, even though you do not believe Me, believe the works themselves, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I am in the Father.”
  21. John 14:9Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
  22. John 14:28You heard Me say, ‘I am going away, and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I.
  23. John 17:5And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.
  24. John 20:28Thomas replied, “My Lord and my God!”

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