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Who, beingf in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equalg with God:

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John 1:1‑2• ¹In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
²The same was in the beginning with God. (John 1:1‑2)

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Col. 1:15• ¹⁵who is [the] image of the invisible God, firstborn of all creation; (Col. 1:15)

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John 5:18• ¹⁸For this therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was his own Father, making himself equal with God. (John 5:18)

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Isa. 7:14• ¹⁴Therefore will Jehovah Himself give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son and shall call his name Immanuel. (Isa. 7:14)

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Isa. 8:8• ⁸and he shall sweep on into Judah; and he shall overflow and go farther, he shall reach [even] to the neck; and the out-stretching of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel. (Isa. 8:8)

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Isa. 9:6• ⁶For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name is called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Father of eternity , Prince of Peace. (Isa. 9:6)

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Jer. 23:6• ⁶In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, JEHOVAH OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. (Jer. 23:6)

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Mic. 5:2• ²But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel: his goings forth have been of old from everlasting. (Mic. 5:2)

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Matt. 1:23• ²³{i}Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which is, being interpreted, 'God with us.'{/i} (Matt. 1:23)

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John 1:1‑2,18• ¹In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
²The same was in the beginning with God.
¹⁸No one hath seen God at any time: the only-begotten Son who is in the bosom of the Father—he declared [him]. (John 1:1‑2,18)

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John 17:5• ⁵and now do thou, Father, glorify me along with thyself with the glory which I had along with thee before the world was. (John 17:5)

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Rom. 9:5• ⁵whose are the fathers, and of whom [is] the Christ as far as according to flesh, who is over all God blessed forever. Amen. (Rom. 9:5)

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2 Cor. 4:4• ⁴in whom the god of this age blinded the minds of the faithless, that the illumination of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is [the] image of God, should not shine forth. (2 Cor. 4:4)

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Col. 1:15‑16• ¹⁵who is [the] image of the invisible God, firstborn of all creation;
¹⁶for by him was created the universe, the things in the heavens and those on the earth, the seen and the unseen, whether thrones, or lordships, or principalities, or authorities. The universe has been created through him and for him. (Col. 1:15‑16)

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1 Tim. 1:17• ¹⁷Now to him who is King of the ages, incorruptible, invisible, only God, [be] honour and glory unto the ages of ages. Amen. (1 Tim. 1:17)

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1 Tim. 3:16• ¹⁶And confessedly great is the mystery of piety: he who was manifested in flesh, was justified in Spirit, appeared unto angels, was preached among Gentiles, was believed on in [the] world, was received up in glory. (1 Tim. 3:16)

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Titus 2:13• ¹³looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ; (Titus 2:13)

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Heb. 1:3,6,8• ³who being effulgence of his glory and expression of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, having made [by himself] purification of our sins sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high,
⁶But again, when he bringeth in the firstborn into the inhabited earth, he saith, And let all God's angels worship him.
⁸but as to the Son, Thy throne, O God, [is] forever and ever; a sceptre of righteousness [is] the sceptre of thy kingdom. (Heb. 1:3,6,8)

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Heb. 13:8• ⁸Jesus Christ [is] the same yesterday and today, and unto the ages. (Heb. 13:8)

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Gen. 32:24‑30• ²⁴And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the rising of the dawn.
²⁵And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh: and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was strained as he wrestled with him.
²⁶And he said, Let me go, for the dawn ariseth. And he said, I will not let thee go except thou bless me.
²⁷And he said to him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
²⁸And he said, Not Jacob shall be called henceforth thy name, but Israel; for thou hast wrestled with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
²⁹And Jacob asked and said, Tell, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore askest thou after my name? And he blessed him there.
³⁰And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. (Gen. 32:24‑30)

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Gen. 48:15‑16• ¹⁵And he blessed Joseph and said, The God before whom walked my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, the God that tended me all my life long till this day,
¹⁶the angel that redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth . (Gen. 48:15‑16)

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Ezek. 8:2‑6• ²Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire; from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber.
³And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the Spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.
⁴And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there according to the vision that I saw in the plain.
⁵Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and, behold, northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.
⁶He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? But turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations. (Ezek. 8:2‑6)

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Josh. 5:13‑15• ¹³{i}And it came to pass when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, there stood a man before him with his sword drawn in his hand. And Joshua went to him, and said to him: Art thou for us, or for our enemies?{/i}
¹⁴{i}And he said, No; for as captain of the army of Jehovah am I now come. Then Joshua fell upon his face to the earth, and worshipped, and said to him, What saith my lord unto his servant?{/i}
¹⁵{i}And the captain of Jehovah's army said to Joshua{/i}, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. {i}And Joshua did so{/i}. (Josh. 5:13‑15)

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Hos. 12:3‑5• ³He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God.
⁴Yea; he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us;
⁵even Jehovah the God of hosts; Jehovah is his memorial. (Hos. 12:3‑5)

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Zech. 13:7• ⁷Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith Jehovah of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones. (Zech. 13:7)

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John 5:18,23• ¹⁸For this therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was his own Father, making himself equal with God.
²³that all may honour the Son even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father that sent him. (John 5:18,23)

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John 8:58‑59• ⁵⁸Jesus said to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Before Abraham was , I am.
⁵⁹They took up therefore stones to cast at him; but Jesus hid himself, and went out from the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by. (John 8:58‑59)

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John 10:30,33,38• ³⁰I and the Father are one.
³³The Jews answered him, For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy, and because thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
³⁸but if I do, even if ye believe not me, believe the works, that ye may perceive and know that the Father [is] in me, and I in the Father. (John 10:30,33,38)

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John 14:9• ⁹Jesus saith to him, Am I so long a time with you, and hast thou not known me, Philip? He that hath seen me hath seen the Father; [and] how sayest thou, Show us the Father? (John 14:9)

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John 20:28• ²⁸Thomas answered and said to him, My Lord and my God. (John 20:28)

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Rev. 1:17‑18• ¹⁷And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead: and he laid his right hand upon me, saying, Fear not; I am the first and the last,
¹⁸and the living one: and I was dead, and, behold, I am alive unto the ages of the ages; and I have the keys of death and of hades. (Rev. 1:17‑18)

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Rev. 21:6• ⁶And he said to me, They are done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To him that is athirst I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely. (Rev. 21:6)

• {Adam} sought to make himself like God by robbery, when he was in the form of a man, and strove to exalt himself at God’s expense; being at the same time disobedient unto death. (“Philippians 2” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

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Or "esteem it rapine."

W. Kelly Translation

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who, beinga in God’s form, thought it not an object of rapine to be on an equalityb with God;

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Or, "subsisting."

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"A prize to be on an equality" is more correct than "robbery to be equal."