The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917], at sacred-texts.com
form of God
"Form," etc. (Greek, "morphē", "the form by which a person or thing strikes the vision", the "external appearance"). -- Thayer.
Compare (Joh 17:15).
"The glory which I had with Thee before the world was." Nothing in this passage teaches that the Eternal Word (Joh 1:1) emptied Himself of either His divine nature, or His attributes, but only of the outward and visible manifestation of the Godhead. "He emptied, stripped Himself of the insignia of Majesty." -- Lightfoot. "When occasion demanded He exercised His divine attributes." -- Moorehead.
Compare (See Scofield) - (Joh 1:1).
(See Scofield) - (Joh 20:28) "
robbery
A thing to be grasped after.
See (Gen 3:5-6).
salvation
(See Scofield) - (Rom 1:16).
world
Greek, "kosmos", means "mankind".
(See Scofield) - (Mat 4:8).
the day
(See Scofield) - (Co1 1:8).