“who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,” (Philippians 2:6)
The Greek text of verse 6 reads: ος εν μορθη θεοσ σπαρτων οστ αρπαγμον ηγηζαηο ηο ειναι ιζα θεω, — transliterated to English using Google Translate: os en morfi theou yparchon ouch arpagmon igisato to einai isa theo, — in English is: “who in form of-God existing not snatching (or robbing) considered the to-be equal-things to-God”.
The Greek text of verse 7 reads: αλλα εασηον εκενωζεν μορθην δοσλοσ λαβων εν ομοιωμαηι ανθρωπων γενομενος και ζτημαηι εσρεθεις ως ανθρωπος, — transliterated to English using Google Translate: alla eafton ekenosen morfin doulou lavon en omoiomati anthrópou genomenos kai schimati evretheis os anthropos — in English is: “but himself he-emptied form of-slave having-taken, in likeness of-men having-become”.
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Author: Mark McCabe
Keywords: Eternal son, Trinity, Triune, Deity of Christ, Deity of Jesus, God the Son, Triad, Jesus is God, Christ is God, I and my father are one, Form of God, Equality with God, Equal to God, Jesus is equal to God, Three persons, Holy Trinity, Trinitarianism, Trinitarian
Bible reference(s): Philippians 2:6-11
Source: “An examination into the trinity and the divinity of Christ from Biblical Exegesis and the Greek Text with Reference to the Apostles’ Beliefs as the Teaching Received from Christ,” 2016, pp. 20-5.
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