Philippians 1:10

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“so that you may be able to test and prove what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,”

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BSBPD

“so that you may be able to test and prove what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“so that ye may approve the things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and void of offence unto the day of Christ;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“for your proving the things that differ, that ye may be pure and offenceless--to a day of Christ,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Philippians 1:10 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 20:5Didn’t Abraham tell me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ I have done this in the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands.”
  2. Joshua 24:14Now, therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; cast aside the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.
  3. Job 12:11Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes its food?
  4. Job 34:3For the ear tests words as the mouth tastes food.
  5. Isaiah 7:15By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey.
  6. Amos 5:14Seek good, not evil, so that you may live. And the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you have claimed.
  7. Micah 3:2You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.
  8. Matthew 16:23But Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me. For you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.”
  9. Matthew 18:6But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.
  10. Matthew 26:33Peter said to Him, “Even if all fall away on account of You, I never will.”
  11. John 1:47When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”
  12. John 3:20Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
  13. Acts 24:16In this hope, I strive always to maintain a clear conscience before God and man.
  14. Romans 2:18if you know His will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law;
  15. Romans 7:16And if I do what I do not want to do, I admit that the law is good.
  16. Romans 7:22For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.
  17. Romans 8:7because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
  18. Romans 12:2Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
  19. Romans 12:9Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.
  20. Romans 14:20Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block.
  21. Romans 16:17Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them.
  22. 1 Corinthians 1:8He will sustain you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  23. 1 Corinthians 8:13Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to stumble.
  24. 1 Corinthians 10:32Do not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God—

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