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Philippians 2:6-7
Contemporary English Version

6 Christ was truly God.
But he did not try to remain[a]
    equal with God.
7 Instead he gave up everything[b]
    and became a slave,
when he became
    like one of us.

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  1. 2.6 remain: Or “become.”
  2. 2.7 he gave up everything: Greek, “he emptied himself.”
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Philippians 2:6-7
New International Version

6 Who, being in very nature[a] God,(A)
    did not consider equality with God(B) something to be used to his own advantage;
7 rather, he made himself nothing(C)
    by taking the very nature[b] of a servant,(D)
    being made in human likeness.(E)

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  1. Philippians 2:6 Or in the form of
  2. Philippians 2:7 Or the form
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