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who, though he existed in the form of God,
    did not regard equality with God
    as something to be grasped,(A)

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Who, being in very nature[a] God,(A)
    did not consider equality with God(B) something to be used to his own advantage;

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 2:6 Or in the form of

17 He himself is before all things, and in[a] him all things hold together.

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Footnotes

  1. 1.17 Or by

17 He is before all things,(A) and in him all things hold together.

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The Word of Life

We declare to you what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life(A)

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The Incarnation of the Word of Life

That which was from the beginning,(A) which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes,(B) which we have looked at and our hands have touched(C)—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life.

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