Philippians 2:15

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Philippians 2:15

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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;

Blameless

And

Matthew 10:16

Romans 16:19

Hebrews 7:26

Sons

1 John 3:1

Rebuke

1 Timothy 5:14

Titus 2:10

Revelation 3:9

A crooked

1 Peter 2:12

Ye shine

General references

Galatians 3:26

Bible References

Blameless

Both of them were righteous before God, having lived blamelessly according to all of the commandments and regulations of the Lord.

He will keep you strong until the end, so that you will be blameless on the Day of our Lord Jesus the Messiah.

and might present the church to himself in all its glory, without a spot or wrinkle or anything of the kind, but holy and without fault.

May the God of peace himself make you holy in every way. And may your whole being spirit, soul, and body remain blameless when our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, appears.

Therefore, an elder must be blameless, the husband of one wife, stable, sensible, respectable, hospitable to strangers, and teachable.

Continue to give these instructions, so that they may be blameless.

An elder must be blameless. He must be the husband of one wife and have children who are believers and who are not accused of having wild lifestyles or of being rebellious.

So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to have the Lord find you at peace and without spot or fault.

And

"Pay attention, now! I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. So be as cunning as serpents and as innocent as doves.

For your obedience has become known to everyone, and I am full of joy for you. But I want you to be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil.

We need such a high priest one who is holy, innocent, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens.

Sons

so that you will become children of your Father in heaven, because he makes his sun rise on both evil and good people, and he lets rain fall on the righteous and the unrighteous.

Rather, love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind even to ungrateful and evil people.

Therefore, "Get away from them and separate yourselves from them," declares the Lord, "and don't touch anything unclean. Then I will welcome you.

So be imitators of God, as his dear children.

As obedient children, do not be shaped by the desires that used to influence you when you were ignorant.

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people to be his very own and to proclaim the wonderful deeds of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

See what kind of love the Father has given us: We are called God's children and that is what we are! For this reason the world does not recognize us, because it did not recognize him, either.

Rebuke

Therefore, I want younger widows to remarry, have children, manage their homes, and not give the enemy any chance to ridicule them.

or steal from them. Instead, they are to show complete and perfect loyalty, so that in every way they may make the teaching about God our Savior more attractive.

I will make those who belong to the synagogue of Satan those who claim to be Jews and aren't, but are lying come and bow down at your feet. Then they will realize that I have loved you.

A crooked

But those who are not his children acted corruptly against him; they are a defective and perverted generation.

For thrones are established there for judgment, thrones of the house of David.

Jesus replied, "You unbelieving and perverted generation! How long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to me!"

Indeed, some of your own men will arise and distort the truth in order to lure the disciples into following them.

Continue to live such upright lives among the gentiles that, when they slander you as practicers of evil, they may see your good actions and glorify God when he visits them.

Ye shine

"Arise, shine! For your light has come; the glory of the LORD has risen upon you.

"You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can't be hidden.

That man John was a lamp that burns and brightly shines, and for a while you were willing to rejoice in his light.

For once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light,

General references

The Israelis would see the face of Moses and that the skin of his face shone; then Moses would put the veil back over his face until he went in to speak with God.

whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways,

The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn that grows brighter until the full light of day.

Like a lily among thorns, so is my darling among the young women.

For all of you are God's children through faith in the Messiah Jesus.