Philippians 2:6

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Commentary

New King James Version Error

Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God. (KJV)
Who, being in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped. (NKJV)

Jesus was saying he was God the I AM and they were going to stone him for it. That sounds like he did consider equality with God something to be grasped! The Pharisees even responded by saying, "For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God." (John 10:30) Earlier in John, it says: "Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God." (John 5:18). But the NKJV says falsely says that "He did not consider equality with God something to be grasped!" In fact the NKJV says the opposite in this verse than the KJV. This is an obvious false doctrine!

John Chrysostom was clear that the concept of the NKJV is exactly what he was arguing against, and that it was an Arian concept:

"What shall we say against Arius, who asserts the Son is of a different substance? Tell me now, what means, 'He took the form of a servant?' It means, He became man. Wherefore 'being in the form of God,' He was God. For one 'form' and another 'form' is named; if the one be true, the other is also. 'The form of a servant' means, Man by nature, wherefore 'the form of God' means, God by nature. And he not only bears record of this, but of His equality too, as John also doth, that he is no way inferior to the Father, for he saith, "He thought it not a thing to seize, to be equal with God." Now what is their wise reasoning? "Nay," -- say they -- "he proves the very contrary; for he says that, being in the form of God, He seized not equality with God." John Crysostom, Homily 6, Philippians 2:5-8

So in other words, the Arians were denying the deity of Christ with the very words of the NKJV!

The Greek word for robbery is ἁρπαγμός (arpagmos). In the Greek text of Philippians 2:6, this word is a noun. arpagmos means robbery, and is related to the word harpadzo snatching/rapture, etc. The KJV translates this Greek noun as a noun, "robbery." The NKJV changes this Greek noun into a verb, "to be grasped." The KJV follows the Greek perfectly, but the NKJV morphs and changes it drasticly. Jesus DID in fact claim diety: All men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father." (John 5:23)

Chrysostom went on so say it was a pagan concept from Arius :

"No, say they, but he means that being a little God, he seized not upon being equal to the great God, who was greater than he. Is there a great and a little God? And do ye bring in the doctrines of the Greeks upon those of the Church?" John Crysostom, Homily 6,

Philippians 2:5-8

John Gill agreed:

"...as for the sense which some put upon the words, that he did not "affect", or "greedily catch" at deity; as the phrase will not admit of it, so it is not true in fact; he did affect deity, and asserted it strongly, and took every proper opportunity of declaring it, and in express terms affirmed he was the Son of God; and in terms easy to be understood declared his proper deity, and his unity and equality with the Father; required the same faith in himself as in the Father, and signified that he that saw the one, saw the other..." John Gill, Commentary

Greek

Textus Receptus

1514 (Complutensian Polyglot)

Desiderius Erasmus

1516 (Erasmus 1st Novum Instrumentum omne)
1519 (Erasmus 2nd)
1522 (Erasmus 3rd Novum Testamentum omne)
1527 (Erasmus 4th)
1535 (Erasmus 5th)

Colinæus

1534 (Colinæus)

Stephanus (Robert Estienne)

1546 (Robert Estienne (Stephanus) 1st)
1549 (Robert Estienne (Stephanus) 2nd)
1550 ὃς ἐν μορφῇ θεοῦ ὑπάρχων οὐχ ἁρπαγμὸν ἡγήσατο τὸ εἶναι ἴσα θεῷ (Robert Estienne (Stephanus) 3rd - Editio Regia)
1551 ὃς ἐν μορφῇ θεοῦ ὑπάρχων οὐχ ἁρπαγμὸν ἡγήσατο τὸ εἶναι ἴσα θεῷ (Robert Estienne (Stephanus) 4th)

Theodore Beza

1565 (Beza 1st)
1565 (Beza Octavo 1st)
1567 (Beza Octavo 2nd)
1580 (Beza Octavo 3rd)
1582 (Beza 2nd)
1589 (Beza 3rd)
1590 (Beza Octavo 4th)
1598 (Beza 4th)

See Also Philippians 2:6 Beza 1598 (Beza)

1604 (Beza Octavo 5th)

Elzevir

1624 (Elzevir)
1633 (Elzevir)
1641 (Elzevir)

Scholz

1841 (Scholz)

Scrivener

1894 ὃς ἐν μορφῇ Θεοῦ ὑπάρχων, οὐχ ἁρπαγμὸν ἡγήσατο τὸ εἶναι ἴσα Θεῷ,

Other Greek

1857 (Tregelles' Greek New Testament)
1872 ὅς ἐν μορφή θεός ὑπάρχω οὐ ἁρπαγμός ἡγέομαι ὁ εἰμί ἴσος θεός (Tischendorf 8th Ed.)
1881 ὃς ἐν μορφῇ θεοῦ ὑπάρχων οὐχ ἁρπαγμὸν ἡγήσατο τὸ εἶναι ἴσα θεῷ, (Westcott & Hort)
1904 ὃς ἐν μορφῇ Θεοῦ ὑπάρχων οὐχ ἁρπαγμὸν ἡγήσατο τὸ εἶναι ἴσα Θεῷ, (Greek orthodox Church)
1904 ὃς ἐν μορφῇ Θεοῦ ὑπάρχων οὐχ ἁρπαγμὸν ἡγήσατο τὸ εἶναι ἴσα Θεῷ, (Nestle)

Anglo Saxon Translations

1000 (Anglo-Saxon Gospels Manuscript 140, Corpus Christi College by Aelfric)

1200 (Anglo-Saxon Gospels Hatton Manuscript 38, Bodleian Library by unknown author)

English Translations

1382 that whanne he was in the forme of God, demyde not raueyn, that hym silf were euene to God; (Wyclif's Bible by John Wycliffe)

1395 (Wyclif's Bible by John Wycliffe)

1534 Which beynge in the shape of god and thought it not robbery to be equall with god. (Tyndale Bible by William Tyndale)

1535 which beyinge in the shappe of God, thought it not robbery to be equall with God, (Coverdale Bible)

1537 Whiche beinge in the shap of God, and thought it not robbery to be equal wt God.

1539 which whan he was in the shape of God, thought it no robbery to be equall with God (Great Bible First Edition - Miles Coverdale)

1540 (Great Bible Second Edition - Miles Coverdale)

1549 (Matthew's Bible - John Rogers)

1557 (Geneva 1557)

1560 Who being in ye forme of God, thought it no robberie to be equall with God: (Geneva Bible) First Edition

1568 Who beyng in the fourme of God, thought it not robbery to be equall with God. (Bishop's Bible First Edition

1582 (Rheims 1582)

1587 (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham

1599 Who being in ye forme of God, thought it no robberie to be equall with God: (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham

1611 (King James Version)

1729 (Mace New Testament)

1745 (Mr. Whiston's Primitive New Testament)

1762 (King James Version)

1769 (King James Version - Benjamin Blayney)

1770 (Worsley Version by John Worsley)

1790 (Wesley Version by John Wesley)

1795 (A Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek by Thomas Haweis)

1833 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: (Webster Version - by Noah Webster)

1835 (Living Oracles by Alexander Campbell)

1849 (Etheridge Translation by John Etheridge)

1850 (King James Version by Committee)

1851 (Murdock Translation)

1855 Calvin Bible by the Calvin Translation Society

1858 (The New Testament Translated from the Original Greek by Leicester Sawyer)

1865 (The Emphatic Diaglott by Benjamin Wilson)

1865 (The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 1865 by American Bible Union)

1869 (Noyes Translation by George Noyes)

1873 (King James Version) by Frederick Scrivener)

1885 (Revised Version also called English Revised Version - Charles Ellicott editor)

1890 (Darby Version 1890 by John Darby)

1898 (Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young)

1901 (American Standard Version - Philip Schaff)

1902 (The Emphasised Bible Rotherham Version)

1902 (Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek by William Godbey)

1904 (The New Testament: Revised and Translated by Adolphus Worrell)

1904 (Twentieth Century New Testament by Ernest Malan and Mary Higgs)

1911 (Syrus Scofield)

1912 (Weymouth New Testament)

1918 (The New Testament Translated from the Sinaitic Manuscript by Henry Anderson)

1923 (Edgar Goodspeed)

1982 (New King James Version)

1984 (New International Version)

1995 (New American Standard Bible) (©1995)

1999 (American King James Version)AKJV

2005 (Today’s New International Version)

Foreign Language Versions

Arabic

الذي اذ كان في صورة الله لم يحسب خلسة ان يكون معادلا للّه (Arabic Smith & Van Dyke)

Aramaic

(Aramaic Peshitta)

Basque

Ceinec Iaincoaren formán celaric ezpaitu estimatu harrapatze Iaincoaren bardin içatea:

Bulgarian

1940 (Bulgarian Bible)

Chinese

1 他本有神的形像，不以自己与神同等为强夺的； (Chinese Union Version (Simplified))

1 他本有神的形像，不以自己與神同等為強奪的； (Chinese Union Version (Traditional))

French

etant en forme de Dieu, n'a pas regarde comme un objet à ravir d'etre egal à Dieu, (French Darby)

1744 Lequel étant en forme de Dieu, n'a point regardé comme une usurpation d'être égal à Dieu. (Martin 1744)

1744 (Ostervald 1744)

German

1545 (Luther 1545)

1871 (Elberfelder 1871)

1912 welcher, ob er wohl in göttlicher Gestalt war, hielt er's nicht für einen Raub, Gott gleich sein, (Luther 1912)

Italian

1649 Il quale, essendo in forma di Dio, non reputò rapina l’essere uguale a Dio. (Giovanni Diodati Bible 1649)

1927 il quale, essendo in forma di Dio non riputò rapina l’essere uguale a Dio, (Riveduta Bible 1927)

Japanese

1928 (Naoji Nagai)

Latin

qui cum in forma Dei esset non rapinam arbitratus est esse se aequalem Deo Latin Vulgate

1527 (Erasmus 1527)

1527 (Erasmus Vulgate 1527)

Pidgin

1996 (Pidgin King Jems)

Romainian

2010 (Biblia Traducerea Fidela în limba româna)

Russian

1876 Он, будучи образом Божиим, не почитал хищением быть равным Богу; Russian Synodal Version

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Spanish

(RVG Spanish)

Swedish

1917 han som var till i Guds-skepnad, men icke räknade jämlikheten med Gud såsom ett byte, (Swedish - Svenska 1917)

Tagalog

1905 Na siya, bagama't nasa anyong Dios, ay hindi niya inaring isang bagay na nararapat panangnan ang pagkapantay niya sa Dios, (Ang Dating Biblia 1905)

Tok Pisin

1996 (Tok Pisin King Jems)

Vietnamese

1934 Ngài vốn có hình Ðức Chúa Trời, song chẳng coi sự bình đẳng mình với Ðức Chúa Trời là sự nên nắm giữ; (VIET)

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