Philippians 2:14

Be ever on your guard against a grudging and contentious spirit,

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

Do all things without murmurings and disputings:

In Context

13For it is God Himself whose power creates within you the desire to do His gracious will and also brings about the accomplishment of the desire.

15so that you may always prove yourselves to be blameless and spotless--irreproachable children of God in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as heavenly lights in the world,

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Cross References

Mark 9:33So they came to Capernaum; and when in the house He asked them, "What were you arguing about on the way?"

Acts 6:1About this time, as the number of disciples was increasing, complaints were made by the Greek-speaking Jews against the Hebrews because their widows were habitually overlooked in the daily ministration.

Acts 15:7and after there had been a long discussion Peter rose to his feet. "It is within your own knowledge," he said, "that God originally made choice among you that from my lips the Gentiles were to hear the Message of the Good News, and believe.

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 →

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