Philippians 4:8

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Philippians 4:8

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Summary

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

Whatsoever

2 Peter 1:5

Are true

Honest

Are just

Are pure

1 John 3:3

Are lovely

2 Samuel 1:23

Song of Songs 5:16

1 Peter 4:8

Are of

Praise

2 Corinthians 8:18

Think

Luke 16:15

1 Thessalonians 5:21

1 John 4:1

General references

Deuteronomy 21:16

Psalm 119:4

1 Thessalonians 5:22

Bible References

Whatsoever

Let love be unfeigned; abhorring evil; cleaving to good:

Love has long patience, is kind; love is not emulous of others; love is not insolent and rash, is not puffed up,

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity,

But the wisdom from above first is pure, then peaceful, gentle, yielding, full of mercy and good fruits, unquestioning, unfeigned.

But for this very reason also, using therewith all diligence, in your faith have also virtue, in virtue knowledge,

Are true

And they send out to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that thou art true and teachest the way of God in truth, and carest not for any one, for thou regardest not men's person;

He that speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but he that seeks the glory of him that has sent him, he is true, and unrighteousness is not in him.

Let love be unfeigned; abhorring evil; cleaving to good:

through glory and dishonour, through evil report and good report: as deceivers, and true;

Wherefore, having put off falsehood, speak truth every one with his neighbour, because we are members one of another.

(for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,)

Stand therefore, having girt about your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

Having purified your souls by obedience to the truth to unfeigned brotherly love, love one another out of a pure heart fervently;

Children, let us not love with word, nor with tongue, but in deed and in truth.

Honest

Look out therefore, brethren, from among yourselves seven men, well reported of, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we will establish over this business:

recompensing to no one evil for evil: providing things honest before all men:

As in the day, let us walk becomingly; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and lasciviousness, not in strife and emulation.

for we provide for things honest, not only before the Lord, but also before men.

But we pray to God that ye may do nothing evil; not that we may appear approved, but that ye may do what is right, and we be as reprobates.

that ye may walk reputably towards those without, and may have need of no one.

for kings and all that are in dignity, that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all piety and gravity;

conducting his own house well, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

that the elder men be sober, grave, discreet, sound in faith, in love, in patience;

having your conversation honest among the Gentiles, that as to that in which they speak against you as evildoers, they may through your good works, themselves witnessing them, glorify God in the day of visitation.

Are just

For I know him that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice, in order that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham what he hath spoken of him.

Perfect justice shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and possess the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spoke to me, The ruler among men shall be just, Ruling in the fear of God;

How long will ye judge unrighteously, and accept the person of the wicked? Selah.

A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; but a just weight is his delight.

The just balance and scales are Jehovah's; all the weights of the bag are his work.

The righteous walketh in his integrity: blessed are his children after him!

The way of the just is uprightness: thou, the Upright, dost make the path of the just even.

for Herod feared John knowing that he was a just and holy man, and kept him safe; and having heard him, did many things, and heard him gladly.

And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; and this man was just and pious, awaiting the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

And behold, a man named Joseph, who was a councillor, a good man and a just

And they said, Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man, and fearing God, and borne witness to by the whole nation of the Jews, has been divinely instructed by a holy angel to send for thee to his house, and hear words from thee.

but hospitable, a lover of goodness, discreet, just, pious, temperate,

Are pure

Let no one despise thy youth, but be a model of the believers, in word, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

elder women as mothers, younger women as sisters, with all purity.

who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all lawlessness, and purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous for good works.

Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

But the wisdom from above first is pure, then peaceful, gentle, yielding, full of mercy and good fruits, unquestioning, unfeigned.

This, a second letter, beloved, I already write to you, in both which I stir up, in the way of putting you in remembrance, your pure mind,

And every one that has this hope in him purifies himself, even as he is pure.

Are lovely

Saul and Jonathan, beloved and pleasant in their lives, Even in their death were not divided; They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.

His mouth is most sweet: Yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, yea, this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

but before all things having fervent love among yourselves, because love covers a multitude of sins;

Are of

Look out therefore, brethren, from among yourselves seven men, well reported of, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we will establish over this business:

And a certain Ananias, a pious man according to the law, borne witness to by all the Jews who dwelt there,

Walk in wisdom towards those without, redeeming opportunities.

hold aloof from every form of wickedness.

But it is necessary that he should have also a good testimony from those without, that he may fall not into reproach and the snare of the devil.

borne witness to in good works, if she have brought up children, if she have exercised hospitality, if she have washed saints' feet, if she have imparted relief to the distressed, if she have diligently followed every good work.

For in the power of this the elders have obtained testimony.

Praise

Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her own works praise her in the gates.

but he is a Jew who is so inwardly; and circumcision, of the heart, in spirit, not in letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.

For rulers are not a terror to a good work, but to an evil one. Dost thou desire then not to be afraid of the authority? practise what is good, and thou shalt have praise from it;

So that do not judge anything before the time, until the Lord shall come, who shall also both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and shall make manifest the counsels of hearts; and then shall each have his praise from God.

but we have sent with him the brother whose praise is in the glad tidings through all the assemblies;

Think

And he said to them, Ye are they who justify themselves before men, but God knows your hearts; for what amongst men is highly thought of is an abomination before God.

but prove all things, hold fast the right;

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, if they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

General references

then it shall be, in the day that he maketh his sons to inherit what he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, who is the firstborn;

Thou hast enjoined thy precepts, to be kept diligently.

hold aloof from every form of wickedness.