Philippians
Philippians 2:14–15
14Do everything without complaining or arguing, 15so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation,b in which you shine as lights in the world
Footnotes
- b 2:15 Deuteronomy 32:5|DEU 32:5
Word by word
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Philippians 2:14
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Do | ποιεῖτε | poieite | Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural | G4160 I do, make |
| everything | Πάντα | Panta | Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural | G3956 all, the whole, every kind of |
| without | χωρὶς | chōris | Preposition | G5565 apart from, without |
| complaining | γογγυσμῶν | gongysmōn | Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural | G1112 murmuring, grumbling |
| arguing | διαλογισμῶν | dialogismōn | Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural | G1261 a calculation, reasoning, thought, plotting |
Philippians 2:15
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| so that | ἵνα | hina | Conjunction | G2443 in order that, so that |
| you may be | γένησθε | genēsthe | Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Middle - 2nd Person Plural | G1096 I come into being, am born |
| blameless | ἄμεμπτοι | amemptoi | Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural | G273 blameless |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| pure | ἀκέραιοι | akeraioi | Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural | G185 simple, unsophisticated, innocent |
| children | τέκνα | tekna | Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural | G5043 a child, descendent, inhabitant |
| of God | Θεοῦ | Theou | Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular | G2316 God, a god |
| without fault | ἄμωμα | amōma | Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural | G299 blameless |
| in | μέσον | meson | Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular | G3319 middle, in the middle |
| a crooked | σκολιᾶς | skolias | Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular | G4646 crooked, perverse, unfair |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| perverse | διεστραμμένης | diestrammenēs | Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Genitive Feminine Singular | G1294 I pervert, corrupt, oppose |
| generation | γενεᾶς | geneas | Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular | G1074 a generation |
| in | ἐν | en | Preposition | G1722 in, on, among |
| which | οἷς | hois | Personal / Relative Pronoun - Dative Masculine Plural | G3739 who, which, what, that |
| you shine | φαίνεσθε | phainesthe | Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural | G5316 I shine, appear, seem |
| as | ὡς | hōs | Adverb | G5613 as, like as, how, while, so that |
| lights | φωστῆρες | phōstēres | Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural | G5458 a light, brilliancy |
| in | ἐν | en | Preposition | G1722 in, on, among |
| world | κόσμῳ | kosmō | Noun - Dative Masculine Singular | G2889 the world, universe |
Cross-references
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Philippians 2:14 1 Peter 4:9 · 1 Corinthians 10:10 · James 5:9 · Ephesians 4:31–32 · Philippians 2:3 · Romans 12:18 · Exodus 16:7–8 · 1 Thessalonians 5:15 · Galatians 5:26 · James 1:20 · James 3:14–4:1 · Proverbs 15:17–18
Philippians 2:15 Matthew 5:14–16 · 1 Peter 2:12 · Matthew 5:45 · Isaiah 60:1 · 1 John 3:1–3 · Deuteronomy 32:5 · 1 Thessalonians 5:23 · 1 Peter 1:14–17 · 2 Peter 3:14 · Ephesians 5:1–2 · Matthew 5:48 · Ephesians 5:7–8
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.