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Bible Hub parallel translations, “Philippians 2:6 in the parallel English versions”

19 September 2026Source ID src-nwtv-bh-phil-2-6Accessed 19 September 2026
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Bible Hub parallel translations, “Philippians 2:6 in the parallel English versions”

19 September 2026 · Bible Hub (reproducing the named copyright translations)

“English Standard Version: “who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped”; New Revised Standard Version: “did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited”; New American Standard Bible: “did not consider equality with God something to be grasped”; King James Bible: “thought it not robbery to be equal with God”; Young’s Literal Translation: “thought it not robbery to be equal to God”.”

Mainstream versions are themselves divided over what ἁρπαγμός means here; 'grasped', 'exploited' and 'robbery' carry quite different implications. None, however, states that the subject never possessed equality.

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Notes. This quote field compiles renderings quoted separately from one Bible Hub parallel page; it is not a continuous passage. Each rendering was checked word for word against the page, which carries over forty versions.

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