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[chipbeaulieu]

I saw someone quote Phil 2:7 with this translation, "He laid aside all of His rights, His privileges, and His rightful dignity, and was born a human being."

 

Would anyone know what translation this is from?

 

Blessings!

[APsit190]

chipbeaulieu, on 23 Sept 2021 - 10:40 AM, said:

I saw someone quote Phil 2:7 with this translation, "He laid aside all of His rights, His privileges, and His rightful dignity, and was born a human being."

Would anyone know what translation this is from?

Blessings!

OK, here is the research I did on that.

As a result of doing a Google search for that specific translation, there isn't one. However, the closest answer I got was from a booklet by Kenneth Hagin, "Must Christians Suffer?," in where is says (and actually quoting this verse as you seen it),

QuoteThink about what Jesus suffered. Philippians 2:7 says, "But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men." That was a terrible price to pay, wasn't it? Think what He had to suffer to do that. Another translation says, "He laid aside His mighty power and glory and became as mere men." And another reads, "He laid aside ALL of His rights, His privileges, and His rightful dignity, and was born a human being."

Also, in a sermon by Greg Hoscon, "The Christ of Christmas," in which he uses that phrase.

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This does not mean that when He came to earth as a baby, that He ceased to be God. "Emptied"; does not mean that Jesus gave up His divine attributes. Jesus did not surrender His deity, but He did veil His glory. He did not stripped Himself of His divinity but laid aside all His privileges and rightful dignity.

Now, with that said, the only place where this may have originated from, is a footnote in the New American Standard Bible on Php 2:7. Beyond that, I'm sorry I can't help.

Blessings,

Edited by APsit190, 22 September 2021 - 07:42 PM.

[Katoog]

It is  a modern commentary on the KJV from Kenneth E. Hagin that quoted the KJV in the same PDF.

I should not call this a "translation" but rather a modern "paraphrase" or modern "interpretation" of the verse.

Think about what Jesus suffered. Philippians 2:7 says, "But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men." That was a terrible price to pay, wasn't it? Think what He had to suffer to do

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Must Christians Suffer?

that. Another translation says, "He laid aside His mighty power and glory and became as mere men." And another reads, "He laid aside ALL of His rights, His privileges, and His rightful dignity, and was born a human being." Think about what that cost. He learned obedience through suffering.

 

The PDF used the "Third Printing 1987" while the first print was in 1982. This limits the number of translations and commentaries;

 

Edited by Katoog, 23 September 2021 - 12:57 AM.