Philippians 2:14
Do all things without protests and arguments;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
In Context
13For it is God who is the cause of your desires and of your acts, for his good pleasure.
Cross References
Exodus 16:7And in the morning you will see the glory of the Lord; for your angry words against the Lord have come to his ears: and what are we that you are crying out against us?
Psalms 106:25Talking against him secretly in their tents, they did not give ear to the voice of the Lord.
Proverbs 15:17Better is a simple meal where love is, than a fat ox and hate with it.
Mark 9:33And they came to Capernaum: and when he was in the house, he put the question to them, What were you talking about on the way?
Acts 6:1Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was increasing, protests were made by the Greek Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were not taken care of in the distribution of food every day.
Acts 15:7And when there had been much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, My brothers, you have knowledge that some time back it was God's pleasure that by my mouth the good news might be given to the Gentiles so that they might have faith.
Matthew Henry on Philippians 2:13-14
Practical Religion. ( a. d. 62.) 12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. 13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. I. He exhorts them to diligence and seriousness in the Christian course: Work out your own salvation. It is the salvation of our souls ( 1 Pet. i. 9 ), and our eternal salvation ( Heb. v. 9 ), and contains deliverance from all the evils… Read the whole commentary →