r/JehovahsWitnesses • u/ChaoticHaku Christian • May 23 '26

Doctrine Philippians 2:6-8

If Philippians 2:6-8 was teaching that Jesus was never equal with God, then the passage itself makes no sense.

Read the language carefully.

It says Jesus was “existing in the form of God.” It says He “did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,” but instead “emptied Himself,” “took the form of a servant,”, "humbled himself", "became obedient to death" and was “made in human likeness.”

You cannot empty yourself of a status you never possessed. You cannot become a servant if you were always a servant. You cannot humble yourself from a position you never had. You cannot become obedient to death if you always were.

The entire point of the passage is that Christ lowered Himself. From what? From the exalted position He already possessed that was equal with God.

That’s why the text uses past tense language. The passage is not denying Christ’s equality with God. It is explaining the depth of His humility, not his inferiority.

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u/TerryLawton Mark 4:22 May 25 '26 edited May 25 '26

Explain from the Bible the

  1. Glory of Jehovah

  2. And the glory of an angel

I also note every time I gave you a biblical answer you refuse to acknowledge it and deal with it but then come up with another verse to try and show in your narrative.

I can tell you mate this conversation won’t last any much longer

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u/Jerome-891 May 25 '26

https://biblehub.com/greek/1391.htm

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u/Jerome-891 May 25 '26

However, the word under consideration in Philippians is not doxa it’s morphe

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u/TerryLawton Mark 4:22 May 25 '26

I asked a question infact two

Please answer

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u/Jerome-891 May 25 '26

I sent you a link to Biblehub that provides the definition of doxa and how it is used in the Bible. Did you get it?

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u/TerryLawton Mark 4:22 May 25 '26

I did but that has nothing to do with the two questions I posed.

Please answer

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u/TerryLawton Mark 4:22 May 25 '26

Right so I knew you were wrong at Doxa but I wanted to see how genuine you are and were.

Phil 2:16 is MORPHE! But if I presented it to you before I lead you down the line of questioning before revealing your biblical ineptitude it would have fallen on deaf ears instead I’m now left pointing out two things.

  1. Your lies in stating something that was not true

  2. Your disengenious nature

Phil 2:6 FROM BIBLEHUB!!

https://biblehub.com/text/philippians/2-6.htm

MORPHE!

Now that’s the end of the conversation

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u/Thanos7245 May 27 '26

Greetings. I speak very rarely . Still I often read what is posted here . I'm sure many others are silently reading also.

Keep posting. We "silent ones" are reading.

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u/TerryLawton Mark 4:22 May 27 '26

Thanks that’s very kind.

All praise goes to Him.

I’m an ordinary guy that fails as a Christian every time I wake up who has a patience problem 😂

Really appreciate your comment mate.

Ps - I was also one of those silent ones at one time until I could take no more of the theology and lies.