Philippians 2:6-7

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⁶who, though he was in the form of God,^[a] did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, ⁷but emptied himself,^[b] taking the form of a servant,^[c] being born in the likeness of men.

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2.6 in the form of God: The Greek shows that divine attributes, and therefore nature, are implied here. It is not the divine nature he set no store by, but equality of treatment and recognition of his divinity.
2.7 emptied himself of this external recognition, which was his right.
Philippians 2:7 Or slave

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