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You are just avoiding dealing with what verse 6 says.

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Me too.

6 Who, although being essentially one with God and in the form of God [possessing the fullness of the attributes which make God God], did not think this equality with God was a thing to be eagerly grasped or retained, 6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God...

1Pe 1:18 For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, 1Pe 1:19 but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. 1Pe 1:20 He was chosen before the...

I don't claim that the Word of God is revealed outside of scripture.

Thanks for that post. Those versions make it very clear, especially the Amplified and the CSB. I will go with the scholars who translated those versions rather than the armchair theologians who deny the deity of Christ.

God communicated His message in ways the people could understand. Read Genesis. Did God tell us the earth was round, that it orbits the sun or explain gravity? People weren't ready for these concepts. Jesus is The Son of God. He has been for all eternity.

Of course. He was just speaking figuratively. I wonder why the translators didn't let us know that.

Form and image mean the same thing?

Yes he could only reveal what they could understand.

Indeed. I feel sorry for anyone who doesn't understand who Jesus is.

Apparently one has to be able to read Greek to understand the plain sense of the Bible

If you use that one scripture enough maybe someone will be persuaded. Just keep saying it over and over Oh you're already doing that.

All the scholars that translated all of the many versions of the Bible got this wrong and you know more than they do about which word should be used. Sorry but I'm going to go with the scholars on this one

Oh I see. Prophecy is wrong. That's an interesting take

I still haven't seen anyone respond to that scripture

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Keep jumping through those hoops and moving the goalposts What you are describing is taking the Lord's name in vain. I think a disciple would know better

Seems like Jesus would have corrected him if he didn't want that statement in something as important as the inspired Holy Scripture. It is God's word isn't it?