Jesus Is Equal with God

18 This was why the Jews (A)were seeking all the more to kill him, (B)because not only was he (C)breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God (D)his own Father, (E)making himself equal with God.

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18 For this reason they tried all the more to kill him;(A) not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.(B)

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58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, (A)I am.”

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58 “Very truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “before Abraham was born,(A) I am!”(B)

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30 (A)I and the Father are one.”

31 (B)The Jews picked up stones again to stone him. 32 Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?” 33 The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but (C)for blasphemy, because you, being a man, (D)make yourself God.”

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30 I and the Father are one.”(A)

31 Again his Jewish opponents picked up stones to stone him,(B) 32 but Jesus said to them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?”

33 “We are not stoning you for any good work,” they replied, “but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God.”(C)

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28 Thomas answered him, (A)“My Lord and my God!”

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28 Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!”

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28 (A)Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all (B)the flock, in which (C)the Holy Spirit has made you (D)overseers, (E)to care for (F)the church of God,[a] which he (G)obtained (H)with his own blood.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 20:28 Some manuscripts of the Lord
  2. Acts 20:28 Or with the blood of his Own

28 Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock(A) of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers.(B) Be shepherds of the church of God,[a](C) which he bought(D) with his own blood.[b](E)

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 20:28 Many manuscripts of the Lord
  2. Acts 20:28 Or with the blood of his own Son

(A)who, though he was in (B)the form of God, did not count equality with God (C)a thing to be grasped,[a] but (D)emptied himself, by taking the form of a (E)servant,[b] (F)being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by (G)becoming obedient to the point of death, (H)even death on a cross.

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 2:6 Or a thing to be held on to for advantage
  2. Philippians 2:7 Or slave (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)

Who, being in very nature[a] God,(A)
    did not consider equality with God(B) something to be used to his own advantage;
rather, he made himself nothing(C)
    by taking the very nature[b] of a servant,(D)
    being made in human likeness.(E)
And being found in appearance as a man,
    he humbled himself
    by becoming obedient to death(F)
        even death on a cross!(G)

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Footnotes

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

For (A)in him the whole fullness of deity dwells (B)bodily,

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For in Christ all the fullness(A) of the Deity lives in bodily form,

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10 not pilfering, (A)but showing all good faith, (B)so that in everything they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior.

11 For (C)the grace of God (D)has appeared, bringing salvation (E)for all people, 12 training us to renounce ungodliness and (F)worldly passions, and (G)to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in (H)the present age, 13 (I)waiting for our blessed (J)hope, the (K)appearing of the glory of our great (L)God and Savior Jesus Christ,

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10 and not to steal from them, but to show that they can be fully trusted, so that in every way they will make the teaching about God our Savior(A) attractive.(B)

11 For the grace(C) of God has appeared(D) that offers salvation to all people.(E) 12 It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions,(F) and to live self-controlled,(G) upright and godly lives(H) in this present age, 13 while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing(I) of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,(J)

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And again, when he brings (A)the firstborn into the world, he says,

(B)“Let all God's angels worship him.”

Of the angels he says,

(C)“He makes his angels winds,
    and his ministers a flame of fire.”

But of the Son he says,

(D)“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever,
    the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom.

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And again, when God brings his firstborn(A) into the world,(B) he says,

“Let all God’s angels worship him.”[a](C)

In speaking of the angels he says,

“He makes his angels spirits,
    and his servants flames of fire.”[b](D)

But about the Son he says,

“Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever;(E)
    a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 1:6 Deut. 32:43 (see Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint)
  2. Hebrews 1:7 Psalm 104:4

20 And we know that the Son of God has come and (A)has given us understanding, so that we may know (B)him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and (C)eternal life.

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20 We know also that the Son of God has come(A) and has given us understanding,(B) so that we may know him who is true.(C) And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.(D)

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Greeting

Simeon[a] Peter, a servant[b] and apostle of Jesus Christ,

To those who have obtained (A)a faith of equal standing with ours (B)by the righteousness of our (C)God and Savior Jesus Christ:

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 1:1 Some manuscripts Simon
  2. 2 Peter 1:1 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface

Simon Peter, a servant(A) and apostle of Jesus Christ,(B)

To those who through the righteousness(C) of our God and Savior Jesus Christ(D) have received a faith as precious as ours:

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(A)“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, (B)“who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

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“I am the Alpha and the Omega,”(A) says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come,(B) the Almighty.”(C)

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