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Wednesday, September 10th, 2025
the Week of Proper 18 / Ordinary 23
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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

腓立比书 2:14

無論作甚麼,都不要發怨言、起爭論,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Commandments;   Meekness;   Murmuring;   Resignation;   Strife;   Thompson Chain Reference - All Things;   Content-Discontent;   Murmuring;   Things, All;   The Topic Concordance - Children;   Light;   Murmuring;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Strife;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Paul;   Philippians, letter to the;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Blameless;   Immortality;   Thessalonians, First and Second, Theology of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Peter, the Epistles of;   Philippi;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Philippians;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Doubt;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Ephesians Epistle to the;   Murmuring;   Unity (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - 29 Light Lamp Candle;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Grudge;   Philippians, the Epistle to;  

Devotionals:

- Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life - Devotion for May 21;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
凡 所 行 的 , 都 不 要 发 怨 言 , 起 争 论 ,

Contextual Overview

14 Do everything without complaining or arguing. 15 Then you will be innocent and without any wrong. You will be God's children without fault. But you are living with crooked and mean people all around you, among whom you shine like stars in the dark world. 16 You offer the teaching that gives life. So when Christ comes again, I can be happy because my work was not wasted. I ran the race and won. 17 Your faith makes you offer your lives as a sacrifice in serving God. If I have to offer my own blood with your sacrifice, I will be happy and full of joy with all of you. 18 You also should be happy and full of joy with me. 19 I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon. I will be happy to learn how you are. 20 I have no one else like Timothy, who truly cares for you. 21 Other people are interested only in their own lives, not in the work of Jesus Christ. 22 You know the kind of person Timothy is. You know he has served with me in telling the Good News, as a son serves his father. 23 I plan to send him to you quickly when I know what will happen to me.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

without: Philippians 2:3, Exodus 16:7, Exodus 16:8, Numbers 14:27, Psalms 106:25, Matthew 20:11, Mark 14:5, Acts 6:1, 1 Corinthians 10:10, James 5:9, 1 Peter 4:9, Jude 1:16

disputings: Proverbs 13:10, Proverbs 15:17, Proverbs 15:18, Mark 9:33, Mark 9:34, Acts 15:2, Acts 15:7, Acts 15:39, Romans 12:18, Romans 14:1, Romans 16:17, 1 Corinthians 1:10-12, 1 Corinthians 3:3-5, 2 Corinthians 12:20, Galatians 5:15, Galatians 5:26, Ephesians 4:31, Ephesians 4:32, 1 Thessalonians 5:13, 1 Thessalonians 5:15, 1 Timothy 6:3-5, Hebrews 12:14, James 1:20, James 3:14-18, James 4:1, 1 Peter 3:11

Reciprocal: Genesis 13:7 - Canaanite Genesis 13:8 - Let Exodus 15:24 - General Numbers 12:2 - hath he not Isaiah 11:9 - not hurt Luke 9:46 - General John 7:12 - murmuring 1 Corinthians 1:11 - that there 1 Corinthians 6:6 - brother 1 Timothy 6:4 - words 2 Timothy 2:24 - must Titus 2:8 - having

Cross-References

Genesis 10:11
From there he went to Assyria, where he built the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, and Calah.
Genesis 10:22
The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
Genesis 15:18
So on that day the Lord made an agreement with Abram and said, "I will give to your descendants the land between the river of Egypt and the great river Euphrates.
Genesis 25:18
His descendants lived from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt stretching toward Assyria. They often attacked the descendants of his brothers.
Deuteronomy 1:7
Get ready, and go to the mountain country of the Amorites, and to all the places around there—the Jordan Valley, the mountains, the western hills, the southern area, the seacoast, the land of Canaan, and Lebanon. Go as far as the great river, the Euphrates.
Deuteronomy 11:24
Everywhere you step will be yours. Your land will go from the desert to Lebanon and from the Euphrates River to the Mediterranean Sea.
Daniel 10:4
On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, I was standing beside the great Tigris River.
Revelation 9:14
The voice said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Free the four angels who are tied at the great river Euphrates."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Do all things,.... Not evil things, these are to be abhorred, shunned, and avoided, even all appearance of them, they are not to be done, even the sake of good; nor all indifferent things at all times, and under all circumstances, when the peace and edification of others are in danger of being hurt by so doing; but all good things, all that are agreeable to the righteous law and good will of God; all those good things which accompany salvation, as hearing the word, and attendance on ordinances: all church affairs relating to public worship, private conference, everything at church meetings, and which concern the discipline and laws of Christ's house; and all things that are civilly, morally, spiritually, and evangelically good; even all things that God would have done, or we would desire should be done to us by fellow creatures and fellow Christians: let all these be done

without murmurings; either against God and Christ, as if anything hard and severe was enjoined, when Christ's yoke is easy, and his burden light, Matthew 11:30, and none of his commands grievous; and because their presence is not always enjoyed, and that communion and comfort in ordinances had, which may be desired: or against the ministers of the Gospel, in whose power it is not to give grace, comfort, and spiritual refreshment; any more than it was in Moses and Aaron to give bread and water to the Israelites in the wilderness, for which they murmured against them, and in so doing against God himself, Exodus 16:2; or against one another, because of superior enjoyment in nature, providence, and grace; but all things, both of a moral, civil, and religious nature, with respect to God, and one another, should be done readily, freely, cheerfully, and heartily; and also without

disputings; or "without hesitations", as the Vulgate Latin, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions render it. Whatever appears to be agreeable to the will of God, should be done at once without dispute upon it, or hesitation about it, however disagreeable it may be to carnal sense and reason; the will of God is not to be disputed, nor flesh and blood to be consulted, in opposition to it; nor should the saints enter into any carnal reasonings, and contentious disputations, either at their public or private meetings, but do all they do decently, and in order, and in the exercise of brotherly love.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Do all things without murmurings and disputings - In a quiet, peaceful, inoffensive manner. Let there be no brawls, strifes, or contentions. The object of the apostle here is, probably, to illustrate the sentiment which he had expressed in Philippians 2:3-5, where he had inculcated the general duties of humbleness of mind, and of esteeming others better than themselves, in order that that spirit might be fully manifested, he now enjoins the duty of doing everything in a quiet and gentle manner, and of avoiding any species of strife; see the notes at Ephesians 4:31-32.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 14. Do all things without murmurings — γογγυσμων και διαλογισμων. Without grumblings and altercations. Be patient in, and contented with, your work; and see that ye fall not out by the way.


 
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