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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.
²*He* was in the beginning with God. (John 1:1‑2)

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Col. 1:15• ¹⁵who is 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 had not only violated 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 the Lord himself give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and shall bring forth a son, and call his name Immanuel. (Isa. 7:14)

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Isa. 8:8• ⁸and he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow it and go further, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out 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 in safety; and this is his name whereby he shall be called, Jehovah our Righteousness. (Jer. 23:6)

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Mic. 5:2• ²(And thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall he come forth unto me who is to be Ruler in Israel: whose goings forth are from of old, from the days of eternity.) (Mic. 5:2)

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Matt. 1:23• ²³Behold, 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.' (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.
²*He* was in the beginning with God.
¹⁸No one has seen God at any time; the only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, *he* hath declared him. (John 1:1‑2,18)

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John 17:5• ⁵and now glorify *me*, *thou* Father, 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, as according to flesh, is the Christ, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. (Rom. 9:5)

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2 Cor. 4:4• ⁴in whom the god of this world has blinded the thoughts of the unbelieving, so that the radiancy of the glad tidings of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God, should not shine forth for them. (2 Cor. 4:4)

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Col. 1:15‑16• ¹⁵who is image of the invisible God, firstborn of all creation;
¹⁶because by him were created all things, the things in the heavens and the things upon the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones, or lordships, or principalities, or authorities: all things have been created by him and for him. (Col. 1:15‑16)

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1 Tim. 1:17• ¹⁷Now to the King of the ages, the incorruptible, invisible, only God, honour and glory to the ages of ages. Amen. (1 Tim. 1:17)

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1 Tim. 3:16• ¹⁶And confessedly the mystery of piety is great. God has been manifested in flesh, has been justified in the Spirit, has appeared to angels, has been preached among the nations, has been believed on in the world, has been received up in glory. (1 Tim. 3:16)

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Titus 2:13• ¹³awaiting 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 the effulgence of his glory and the expression of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, having made by himself the purification of sins, set himself down on the right hand of the greatness on high,
⁶and again, when he brings in the firstborn into the habitable world, he says, And let all God's angels worship him.
⁸but as to the Son, Thy throne, O God, is to the age of the age, and a sceptre of uprightness 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 to-day, and to the ages to come. (Heb. 13:8)

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Gen. 32:24‑30• ²⁴And Jacob remained alone; and a man wrestled with him until the rising of the dawn.
²⁵And when he saw that he did not prevail against him, he touched the joint of his thigh; and the joint of Jacob's thigh was dislocated 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, Thy name shall not henceforth be called Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast wrestled with God, and with men, and hast prevailed.
²⁹And Jacob asked and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, How is it that thou askest 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 has been preserved. (Gen. 32:24‑30)

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

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Ezek. 8:2‑6• ²And I looked, and behold, a likeness as the appearance of fire; from the appearance of his loins and downward, fire; and from his loins and upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the look of glowing brass.
³And he stretched forth the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heavens, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entry 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 appearance that I saw in the valley.
⁵And he said unto me, Son of man, lift up now thine eyes toward the north. And I lifted up mine eyes toward the north, and behold, northward of the gate of the altar, this image of jealousy in the entry.
⁶And he said unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? the great abominations that the house of Israel commit here, to cause me to go far off from my sanctuary? And yet again thou shalt see great abominations. (Ezek. 8:2‑6)

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Josh. 5:13‑15• ¹³And 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?
¹⁴And 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?
¹⁵And the captain of Jehovah's army said to Joshua, Loose thy sandal from off thy foot: for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so. (Josh. 5:13‑15)

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Hos. 12:3‑5• ³He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and in his strength he wrestled with God.
⁴Yea, he wrestled with the Angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us,
⁵--even 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, even against the man that is my fellow, saith Jehovah of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered, and I will turn my 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 had not only violated 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 who honours not the Son, honours not the Father who has sent him. (John 5:18,23)

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John 8:58‑59• ⁵⁸Jesus said to them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
⁵⁹They took up therefore stones that they might cast them at him; but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and thus passed on. (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 know and believe that the Father is in me and I in him. (John 10:30,33,38)

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John 14:9• ⁹Jesus says to him, Am I so long a time with you, and thou hast not known me, Philip? He that has seen me has seen the Father; and how sayest thou, Shew 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 became dead, and behold, I am living to the ages of ages, and have the keys of death and of hades. (Rev. 1:17‑18)

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Rev. 21:6• ⁶And he said to me, It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to him that thirsts 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."

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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."