Philippians 2:15
So that you may be holy and gentle, children of God without sin in a twisted and foolish generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,
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In Context
14Do all things without protests and arguments;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:5They have become false, they are not his children, the mark of sin is on them; they are an evil and hard-hearted generation.
Isaiah 60:1Up! let your face be bright, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord is shining on you.
Matthew 5:45So that you may be the sons of your Father in heaven; for his sun gives light to the evil and to the good, and he sends rain on the upright man and on the sinner.
Matthew 10:16See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.
Luke 1:6They were upright in the eyes of God, keeping all the rules and orders of God, and doing no wrong.
John 5:35He was a burning and shining light, and for a time you were ready to be happy 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 →