Philippians 2:6

"Who, (speaking of Christ in verse 5) being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:"


Now we always have to remember and especially when we get into these succeeding verses never lose sight of who Jesus Christ was, and is, and always will be. He is the Eternal, Sovereign, Creator God of the universe, and nothing less. I know there are a lot of groups that have trouble with that, but He was God in the flesh. Consequently He did not feel that when He claimed to be God that He was grasping for something that was not rightfully His. And that's what it means here then when Paul said. "...He thought it not robbery to be equal with God." Because He was God. He could rightfully claim to be God. Now verse 7.


Philippians 2:7

"But (as the Eternal, Holy, Righteous, Omniscient, Sovereign God) made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:"