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 without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without variance, without hypocrisy.

Yea, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply virtue; and in your virtue knowledge;

Are true

And they send 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 the person of men.

He that speaketh from himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true;

Wherefore, putting away falsehood, speak ye truth each one with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.

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

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

Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently:

My Little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.

Honest

Look ye out therefore, brethren, from among you seven men of good report, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

Render to no man evil for evil. Take thought for things honorable in the sight of all men.

Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in revelling and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and jealousy.

for we take thought for things honorable, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.

Now we pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we may appear approved, but that ye may do that which is honorable, though we be as reprobate.

that ye may walk becomingly toward them that are without, and may have need of nothing.

for kings and all that are in high place; that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and gravity.

one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

that aged men be temperate, grave, sober-minded, sound in faith, in love, in patience:

having your behavior seemly among the Gentiles; that, wherein they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works, which they behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

Are just

For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spake to me: One that ruleth over men righteously, That ruleth in the fear of God,

How long will ye judge unjustly, And respect the persons of the wicked? Selah

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

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

A righteous man that walketh in his integrity, Blessed are his children after him.

The way of the just is uprightness: thou that art upright dost direct the path of the just.

for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. And when he heard him, he was much perplexed; and he heard him gladly.

And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; and this man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

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

And they said, Cornelius a centurion, a righteous man and one that feareth God, and well reported of by all the nation of the Jews, was warned of God by a holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words from thee.

but given to hospitality, as lover of good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled;

Are pure

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an ensample to them that believe, in word, in manner of life, in love, in faith, in purity.

the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.

who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works.

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

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without variance, without hypocrisy.

This is now, beloved, the second epistle that I write unto you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by putting you in remembrance;

And every one that hath this hope'set on him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

Are lovely

Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, And in their death they 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, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:

Are of

Look ye out therefore, brethren, from among you seven men of good report, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well reported of by all the Jews that dwelt there,

Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.

abstain from every form of evil.

Moreover he must have good testimony from them that are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

well reported of for good works; if she hath brought up children, if she hath used hospitality to strangers, if she hath washed the saints feet, if she hath relieved the afflicted, if she hath diligently followed every good work.

For therein the elders had witness borne to them.

Praise

Give her of the fruit of her hands; And let her works praise her in the gates.

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

For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. And wouldest thou have no fear of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise from the same:

Wherefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each man have his praise from God.

And we have sent together with him the brother whose praise in the gospel is spread through all the churches;

Think

And he said unto them, Ye are they that justify yourselves in the sight of men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

prove all things; hold fast that which is good;

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether 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 causeth his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved the first-born before the son of the hated, who is the first-born:

Thou hast commanded us thy precepts, That we should observe them diligently.

abstain from every form of evil.