Philippians 2:15
xThat ye may be blameless and 2harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, yin the midst of za crooked and perverse nation, among whom 3ye shine as lights in the world;
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;
ἵνα γένησθε ἄμεμπτοι καὶ ἀκέραιοι, τέκνα Θεοῦ ἀμώμητα ἐν μέσῳ γενεᾶς σκολιᾶς καὶ διεστραμμένης, ἐν οἷς φαίνεσθε ὡς φωστῆρες ἐν κόσμῳ,
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Ephesians 5:1 BE ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
Ephesians 5:7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
Ephesians 5:8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
Matthew 5:45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
Matthew 5:14-5:16 14. Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. 15. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. 16. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
1 Thessalonians 5:5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
1 Thessalonians 5:6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
Luke 6:35 But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
Proverbs 4:18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Deuteronomy 32:5 They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.
Deuteronomy 32:6 Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?
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Or, sincere.
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1 Peter 2:12 Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
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Acts 2:40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
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Matthew 5:14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
Matthew 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Proverbs 4:18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Ecclesiastes 9:1 For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.
Isaiah 60:1 ARISE, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
Isaiah 60:2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
that ye behave yourselves so that none can justly reproach you, Luk 1:6 and though you cannot altogether put to silence foolish men, Joh 15:25 1Pe 2:15, yet they cannot have any just cause to stain your reputation; but you may be found sincere, simple, void of guile, Mat 10:16 Joh 1:47 Rom 16:19 1Pe 2:1, with 1Pe 1:14.
without such spots and blemishes as are inconsistent with your adoption, or sonship, Eph 5:27. Sons of God, in regard of their relation, should be careful, as much as may be, that they do not expose themselves to the biting reproofs of those carping neighbours who are not of their Father’s family, Son 4:7 Mat 5:48 Eph 1:4 Jud 1:24.
who show by their lying in wickedness, 1Jn 5:19, and the uncured spots, yea, even plague sores, upon them who have notoriously corrupted themselves, that they are a perverse, crooked, untoward, and adulterous generation, Deu 32:5 Psa 125:5 Mat 12:39 Act 13:8,10.
in conversing with such a sort of men, ye either do, or ought, unanimously to show yourselves to be light in the Lord, Mat 5:14,16 Eph 5:8,15; enlightened by the Sun of righteousness, Mal 4:2, to give a more clear light, that however the uncivil wicked would bespatter you, and cast reproach upon you in the necessary exercises of religion; yet, you not suffering as murderers, thieves, busybodies, &c., 1Pe 4:4,15,16, you will then, especially if Christ’s faithful ambassadors, show yourselves to be not such lantern or torchbearers as accompanied treacherous Judas, Joh 18:3, (however the ill men you live among may reckon you no better), but such light-bearers under Christ, (the Seventy use the word for stars, Gen 1:16 Dan 12:3 Rev 1:16,20), as irradiate the world; not a house, as a candle doth, but the world, as stars do, Rev 12:1.