Nontrinitarianism Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==== Philippians 2:5β6 ==== [[Philippians 2:5]][[Philippians 2:6|β6]] β "Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, [or "which was also in Christ Jesus",] who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped" (ESV). The word translated in the [[English Standard Version]] as "a thing to be grasped" is αΌΟΟΞ±Ξ³ΞΌΟΞ½. Other translations of the word are indicated in the [[Holman Christian Standard Bible]]: "Make your own attitude that of Christ Jesus, who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God as something to be used for His own advantage" [or "to be grasped", or "to be held on to"].<ref>{{Bibleverse||Philippians|2:5β6|HCSV}}</ref> The [[King James Version]] has: "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God."<ref>{{Bibleverse||Philippians|2:5β6|KJV}}</ref> Nontrinitarians make the argument that the passage is simply saying that Christ did not consider equality with God something graspable, and that better English translations make it clearer.<ref>[https://www.biblicalunitarian.com/verses/philippians-2-6-8} Philippians 2:6β8] biblicalunitarian.com. Retrieved 8 July 2019.</ref> Another point is that the original Greek had no definite article for "form of God", which would mean "a form of divinity", and also that the term "morphe" for "form" in Koine Greek would simply mean a general external quality or station, but not necessarily the absolute thing itself, and therefore they argue that the passage does not explicitly teach either co-equality, co-eternity, or consubstantiality.<ref>{{cite web |title=The trinity delusion β Philippians 2:6 <!-- ΒΏuser-name? -- 4. Theos. --> |via=angelfire.com |url=http://www.angelfire.com/space/thegospeltruth/trinity/verses/copy_of_Php2_6.html |access-date=8 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Skip |last=Moen |date=October 2014 |title=The assumed trinity: A look at Philippians 2:6 |series=Hebrew Word Study |website=skipmoen.com |url=https://www.skipmoen.com/2014/10/the-assumed-trinity-a-look-at-philippians-26/ |access-date=8 July 2019}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page