Philippians 1:10

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

so that you can decide what is best, and thus be sincere and blameless for the day of Christ,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἰς τὸ δοκιμάζειν ὑμᾶς τὰ διαφέροντα· ἵνα ἦτε εἰλικρινεῖς καὶ ἀπρόσκοποι εἰς ἡμέραν Χριστοῦ·

Transliteration

For the dokimazein you the diapheronta; that you may be eilikrineis and aproskopoi unto hēmeran Christou;

Grammar Details

• *dokimazein*: present active infinitive - to approve/test/discern
• *diapheronta*: present active participle, accusative, neuter, plural - things that differ/excel
• *ēte*: present subjunctive, 2nd person plural - you may be
• *eilikrineis*: nominative, masculine, plural - pure/sincere
• *aproskopoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - without offense/blameless
• *hēmeran*: accusative, feminine, singular - day
• *Christou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Christ

Word Meanings

• *dokimazein*: to test/to approve/to discern/to distinguish
• *diapheronta*: things that differ/things that excel/things of value/what matters
• *eilikrineis*: pure/sincere/unmixed/genuine
• *aproskopoi*: without offense/blameless/not causing others to stumble

Referenced Verses

• 1 Thess 3:13 : 13 so that your hearts are strengthened in holiness to be blameless before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
• 1 Thess 5:23 : 23 Conclusion Now may the God of peace himself make you completely holy and may your spirit and soul and body be kept entirely blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Rom 12:2 : 2 Do not be conformed to this present world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve what is the will of God– what is good and well-pleasing and perfect.
• Rom 2:18 : 18 and know his will and approve the superior things because you receive instruction from the law,
• Phil 1:6 : 6 For I am sure of this very thing, that the one who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.
• 1 Cor 1:8 : 8 He will also strengthen you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Eph 5:10 : 10 trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.
• 1 Thess 5:21 : 21 But examine all things; hold fast to what is good.
• 1 John 4:1 : 1 Testing the Spirits Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to determine if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
• Acts 24:16 : 16 This is the reason I do my best to always have a clear conscience toward God and toward people.
• Rev 2:2 : 2 ‘I know your works as well as your labor and steadfast endurance, and that you cannot tolerate evil. You have even put to the test those who refer to themselves as apostles(but are not), and have discovered that they are false.
• Heb 5:12-14 : 12 For though you should in fact be teachers by this time, you need someone to teach you the beginning elements of God’s utterances. You have gone back to needing milk, not solid food. 13 For everyone who lives on milk is inexperienced in the message of righteousness, because he is an infant. 14 But solid food is for the mature, whose perceptions are trained by practice to discern both good and evil.
• Eph 5:27 : 27 so that he may present the church to himself as glorious– not having a stain or wrinkle, or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.
• Eph 6:24 : 24 Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.
• Phil 1:16 : 16 The latter do so from love because they know that I am placed here for the defense of the gospel.
• 1 Cor 8:13 : 13 For this reason, if food causes my brother or sister to sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I may not cause one of them to sin.
• 1 Cor 10:32 : 32 Do not give offense to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God,
• 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 Paul Defends His Changed Plans For our reason for confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with pure motives and sincerity which are from God– not by human wisdom but by the grace of God– we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more toward you.
• 2 Cor 2:17 : 17 For we are not like so many others, hucksters who peddle the word of God for profit, but we are speaking in Christ before God as persons of sincerity, as persons sent from God.
• 2 Cor 6:3 : 3 We do not give anyone an occasion for taking an offense in anything, so that no fault may be found with our ministry.
• 2 Cor 8:8 : 8 I am not saying this as a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your love by comparison with the eagerness of others.
• 2 Cor 11:13-15 : 13 For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. 15 Therefore it is not surprising his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will correspond to their actions.
• Gal 5:11 : 11 Now, brothers and sisters, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been removed.
• Eph 4:15 : 15 But practicing the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ, who is the head.
• Rom 7:16 : 16 But if I do what I don’t want, I agree that the law is good.
• Rom 7:22 : 22 For I delight in the law of God in my inner being.
• Rom 8:7 : 7 because the outlook of the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to the law of God, nor is it able to do so.
• Rom 12:9 : 9 Conduct in Love Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil, cling to what is good.
• Rom 14:20-21 : 20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. For although all things are clean, it is wrong to cause anyone to stumble by what you eat. 21 It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything that causes your brother to stumble.
• Rom 16:17 : 17 Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who create dissensions and obstacles contrary to the teaching that you learned. Avoid them!
• Gen 20:5 : 5 Did Abraham not say to me,‘She is my sister’? And she herself said,‘He is my brother.’ I have done this with a clear conscience and with innocent hands!”
• Josh 24:14 : 14 Now obey the LORD and worship him with integrity and loyalty. Put aside the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt and worship the LORD.
• Job 12:11 : 11 Does not the ear test words, as the tongue tastes food?
• Job 34:3 : 3 For the ear assesses words as the mouth tastes food.
• Isa 7:15-16 : 15 He will eat sour milk and honey, which will help him know how to reject evil and choose what is right. 16 Here is why this will be so: Before the child knows how to reject evil and choose what is right, the land whose two kings you fear will be desolate.
• Amos 5:14-15 : 14 Seek good and not evil so you can live! Then the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, just might be with you, as you claim he is. 15 Hate what is wrong, love what is right! Promote justice at the city gate! Maybe the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, will have mercy on those who are left from Joseph.
• Mic 3:2 : 2 yet you hate what is good, and love what is evil. You flay my people’s skin and rip the flesh from their bones.
• Matt 16:23 : 23 But he turned and said to Peter,“Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, because you are not setting your mind on God’s interests, but on man’s.”
• Matt 18:6-7 : 6 “But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a huge millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the open sea. 7 Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks! It is necessary that stumbling blocks come, but woe to the person through whom they come.
• Matt 26:33 : 33 Peter said to him,“If they all fall away because of you, I will never fall away!”
• John 1:47 : 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and exclaimed,“Look, a true Israelite in whom there is no deceit!”
• John 3:20 : 20 For everyone who does evil deeds hates the light and does not come to the light, so that their deeds will not be exposed.