Philippians 2:6
Grant
grant at cajun.net
Mon Dec 20 19:39:08 EST 1999
While reading the chapter of Philippians 2, I noticed that verse 6 varies significantly from translation to translation.
KJV for example reads: "Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God."
WE: "He was in every way like God. Yet he did not think that being equal to God was something he must hold on to. "
YLT "who, being in the form of God, thought [it] not robbery to be equal to God, "
NIV reads, "Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,"
Darby "who, subsisting in the form of God, did not esteem it an object of rapine to be on an equality with God; "
NASB "who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped
"hOS EN MORFH QEOU hYPARCHON OUCH hARPAGMON hHGHSATO TO EINAI ISA QEO."
It seems that two interpretations result.
On one hand, Jesus does not attempt equality." This seems to agree with opponents of the Trinity.
Yet, on the other hand, KJV's translation and others shows Jesus as not considering his equality as robbery or that his equality was wrong.
Which of the two translations agrees more with what the bible writer intended?
Sincerely,
Grant Polle
Lousiana, USA
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