Philippians 2:15
so that ye may become blameless and pure children of God, blameless in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
14Do all things without grumblings and arguments,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:5They have dealt corruptly with him. [They are] not his sons, [it is] their blemish, a perverse and crooked generation.
Isaiah 60:1Arise, shine, for thy light has come, and the glory of LORD has risen upon thee.
Matthew 5:45so that ye may become sons of your Father in the heavens, because he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and makes rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
Matthew 10:16Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves. Become ye therefore wise as serpents, and innocent as doves.
Luke 1:6And they were both righteous before God, going in all the commandments and righteous things of the Lord blameless.
John 5:35That man was the lamp that burns and shines, and ye were willing to rejoice for an hour in his light.
Matthew Henry on Philippians 2:15-19
Practical Religion. ( a. d. 62.) 14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings: 15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; 16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain. 17 Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all. 18 For the same cause also do… Read the whole commentary →