ESV Reformation Study Bible – Phil 2:6
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Phil 2:6

2:6 in the form of God. The word “form” refers to the underlying reality and not to appearance only. Jesus’ being in “the form of God” means that He is divine.

not . . . grasped. This figure of speech means that something desirable was already possessed. Jesus was not trying to become God, and did not cling to the privileges that were always His.