Philippians 1:10
so that you may be confirmed in what is better, in order that you may be sincere and without offense on the day of Christ:
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11filled with the fruit of justice, through Jesus Christ, in the glory and praise of God.
Cross References
Joshua 24:14Now therefore, fear the Lord, and serve him with a perfect and very sincere heart. And take away the gods that your fathers served in Mesopotamia and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.
Job 34:3For the ear examines words, and the mouth discerns foods by the taste.
Amos 5:14Seek good and not evil, so that you may live. And the Lord God of hosts will be with you, just as you have asked.
Matthew 16:23And turning away, Jesus said to Peter: “Get behind me, Satan; you are an obstacle to me. For you are not behaving according to what is of God, but according to what is of men.”
Matthew 26:33Then Peter responded by saying to him, “Even if everyone else has fallen away from you, I will never fall away.”
John 3:20For everyone who does evil hates the Light and does not go toward the Light, so that his works may not be corrected.
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 →