22 His parents said these things because they were afraid of the Jews, since the Jews had already agreed that if anyone confessed Him as Messiah,(A) he would be banned from the synagogue.

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22 His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders,(A) who already had decided that anyone who acknowledged that Jesus was the Messiah would be put out(B) of the synagogue.(C)

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who, existing in the form of God,
did not consider equality with God(A)
as something to be used for His own advantage.[a]

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  1. Philippians 2:6 Or to be grasped, or to be held on to

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