Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
Ver. 6. To be equal with God] Gr. Equals, that is, every way equal; not a secondary inferior God, as the Arians would have him. See Trapp on " Joh 1:1 " See Trapp on " Joh 1:2 " See Trapp on " Joh 1:3 " See Trapp on " Joh 1:4 " Hold fast this truth; it is of the foundation, it is the rock whereon the Church is built,Matthew 16:18; and all the devils in hell shall not wrest this place from me, for a clear proof of the Divinity of Christ, saith learned Calvin.