Philippians 1:10
for you to examine the things that are significant. So that ye may be tested by sunlight and not stumbling toward the day of Christ,
A Conservative Version
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In Context
9And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment
11having been filled with fruits of righteousness, through Jesus Christ, for glory and praise of God.
Cross References
Joshua 24:14Now therefore fear LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth. And put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt, and serve ye LORD.
Job 34:3For the ear tries words as the palate tastes food.
Amos 5:14Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live, and so LORD, the God of hosts, will be with you, as ye say.
Matthew 16:23But having turned around, he said to Peter, Go thee behind me, Satan. Thou are my stumbling-block, because thou regard not the things of God, but the things of men.
Matthew 26:33But having answered, Peter said to him, If all men will be caused to stumble by thee, I will never be caused to stumble.
John 3:20For every man who does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, so that his works may not be exposed.
Matthew Henry on Philippians 1:10-12
The Apostle's Affection and Hope. ( a. d. 62.) 9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; 10 That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; 11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. These verses contain the prayers he put up for them. Paul often let his friends know what it was he begged of God for them, that they might know… Read the whole commentary →