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Philippians 2:5–6

In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:b

Who, being in very naturea God,c

did not consider equality with Godd something to be used to his own advantage;

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Philippians 2:5–6 — English Standard Version (ESV)

Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,

Philippians 2:5–6 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

Philippians 2:5–6 — New Living Translation (NLT)

You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.

Though he was God,

he did not think of equality with God

as something to cling to.

Philippians 2:5–6 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God,

Philippians 2:5–6 — New Century Version (NCV)

In your lives you must think and act like Christ Jesus.

Christ himself was like God in everything.

But he did not think that being equal with God was something to be used for his own benefit.

Philippians 2:5–6 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: who, existing in the form of God, counted not the being on an equality with God a thing to be grasped,

Philippians 2:5–6 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

For let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus; who, subsisting in the form of God, did not esteem it an object of rapine to be on an equality with God;

Philippians 2:5–6 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. 

Although he was in the form of God and equal with God, 

he did not take advantage of this equality. 

Philippians 2:5–6 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Make your own attitude that of Christ Jesus,

who, existing in the form of God,

did not consider equality with God

as something to be used for His own advantage.

Philippians 2:5–6 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus,

who, though he was in the form of God,

did not regard equality with God

as something to be exploited,

Philippians 2:5–6 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Think this in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus,

who, existing in the form of God,

did not consider being equal with God something to be grasped,

Philippians 2:5–6 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

You should think in the same way Christ Jesus does.

In his very nature he was God.

But he did not think that being equal with God was something he should hold on to.

Philippians 2:5–6 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus,

who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped,


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