Philippians 1:10
That ye may alowe those things which are best, that ye may be pure, and without offence vntill the day of Christ,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
9And this I pray, that your loue may abound, yet more and more in knowledge, and in all iudgement,
Cross References
Joshua 24:14Nowe therefore feare the Lord, and serue him in vprightnesse and in trueth, and put away the gods, which your fathers serued beyonde the flood and in Egypt, and serue the Lord.
Job 34:3For the eare tryeth the words, as the mouth tasteth meate.
Amos 5:14Seeke good and not euil, that ye may liue: and the Lord God of hostes shalbe with you, as you haue spoken.
Matthew 16:23Then he turned backe, and said vnto Peter, Get thee behinde me, Satan: thou art an offence vnto me, because thou vnderstandest not the thinges that are of God, but the thinges that are of men.
Matthew 26:33But Peter aunswered, and sayde vnto him, Though that al men should be offended by thee, yet will I neuer be offended.
John 3:20For euery man that euill doeth, hateth the light, neither commeth to light, least his deedes should be reprooued.
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 →