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OET (OET-RV) Yeshua, though he was in the form of God, didn’t take advantage of being considered equal with God,
ἐν μορφῇ Θεοῦ ὑπάρχων
in /the/_form ˱of˲_God being
The phrase existing in the form of God means that Jesus had the very nature of God. It does not mean that Jesus only appeared to be God, but was not God. This phrase is saying that Jesus was fully God. The rest of this verse and the next two verses explain that Jesus, while being fully God, humbled himself and acted as a servant, in obedience to God. Avoid any translation that would suggest that Jesus was not fully God. Alternate translation: “being fully God” or “though everything that is true of God is true of him”
οὐχ & ἡγήσατο
not & considered
Alternate translation: “did not think” or “did not regard”
ἁρπαγμὸν
advantage
Alternate translation: “something to be held onto” or “something to be retained”
2:6 Though he was God: See John 1:1-3; 17:5; Col 1:15.
OET (OET-RV) Yeshua, though he was in the form of God, didn’t take advantage of being considered equal with God,
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.