6Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,


In Context

3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.

4 Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.

5 Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:

6 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,

7 but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.

8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death-- even death on a cross!

Philippians 2:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:6Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:6Who being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:6who, existing in the form of God, counted not the being on an equality with God a thing to be grasped,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:6who, subsisting in the form of God, did not esteem it an object of rapine to be on an equality with God;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:6who, being in the form of God, counted it not a prize to be on an equality with God,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:6Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:6who, existing in the form of God, didn't consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:6who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal to God,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:6Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: