Philippians 2:6

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Christ was truly God. But he did not try to remain equal with God.

Cross References

Isaiah 7:14

But the LORD will still give you proof. A virgin is pregnant; she will have a son and will name him Immanuel.

Isaiah 8:8

Enemy soldiers will cover Judah like a flood reaching up to your neck. But God is with us. He will spread his wings and protect our land.

Isaiah 9:6

A child has been born for us. We have been given a son who will be our ruler. His names will be Wonderful Adviser and Mighty God, Eternal Father and Prince of Peace.

Jeremiah 23:6

As long as he is king, Israel will have peace, and Judah will be safe. The name of this king will be “The LORD Gives Justice”.

Micah 5:2

Bethlehem Ephrath, you are one of the smallest towns in the nation of Judah. But the LORD will choose one of your people to rule the nation— someone whose family goes back to ancient times.

Zechariah 13:7

The LORD All-Powerful said: My sword, wake up! Attack my shepherd and friend. Strike down the shepherd! Scatter the little sheep, and I will destroy them.

Matthew 1:23

“A virgin will have a baby boy, and he will be called Immanuel,” which means “God is with us.”

John 1:18

No one has ever seen God. The only Son, who is truly God and is closest to the Father, has shown us what God is like.

John 10:30

and I am one with the Father.

John 10:33

They answered, “We are not stoning you because of any good thing you did. We are stoning you because you did a terrible thing. You are just a man, and here you are claiming to be God!”

John 10:38

But if I do what my Father does, you should believe because of that, even if you don't have faith in me. Then you will know for certain that the Father is one with me, and I am one with the Father.

John 14:28

You have already heard me say that I am going and that I will also come back to you. If you really love me, you should be glad that I am going back to the Father, because he is greater than I am.

John 14:9

Jesus replied: Philip, I have been with you for a long time. Don't you know who I am? If you have seen me, you have seen the Father. How can you ask me to show you the Father?

John 17:5

Now, Father, give me back the glory that I had with you before the world was created.

John 20:28

Thomas replied, “You are my Lord and my God!”

John 5:18

Now the leaders wanted to kill Jesus for two reasons. First, he had broken the law of the Sabbath. But even worse, he had said that God was his Father, which made him equal with God.

John 5:23

The Father wants all people to honour the Son as much as they honour him. When anyone refuses to honour the Son, that is the same as refusing to honour the Father who sent him.

Romans 9:5

They have those famous ancestors, who were also the ancestors of Jesus Christ. I pray that God, who rules over all, will be praised for ever! Amen.

2 Corinthians 4:4

The god who rules this world has blinded the minds of unbelievers. They cannot see the light, which is the good news about our glorious Christ, who shows what God is like.

2 Corinthians 8:9

You know that our Lord Jesus Christ was kind enough to give up all his riches and become poor, so that you could become rich.

1 Timothy 1:17

I pray that honour and glory will always be given to the only God, who lives for ever and is the invisible and eternal King! Amen.

1 Timothy 3:16

Here is the great mystery of our religion: Christ came as a human. The Spirit proved that he pleased God, and he was seen by angels. Christ was preached to the nations. People in this world put their faith in him, and he was taken up to glory.

Titus 2:13

We are filled with hope, as we wait for the glorious return of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 1:3

God's Son has all the brightness of God's own glory and is like him in every way. By his own mighty word, he holds the universe together. After the Son had washed away our sins, he sat down at the right side of the glorious God in heaven.

Hebrews 1:6

When God brings his firstborn Son into the world, he commands all his angels to worship him.

Hebrews 1:8

But God says about his Son, “You are God, and you will rule as King for ever! Your royal power brings about justice.

Hebrews 13:8

Jesus Christ never changes! He is the same yesterday, today, and for ever.

Revelation 21:6

Everything is finished! I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will freely give water from the life-giving fountain to everyone who is thirsty.