Philippians 2:15, KJV: "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;" Philippians 2:15, NASB: "so that you will prove yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you appear as lights in the world," His followers are φωστῆρες ἐν κόσμῳ. of word. Hatz., Einl, p. 214, where several exx. People actually are playing very close attention to the way that we live. The salvation of our friends and neighbors, in part, depends upon the "signal" we are presently sending.
Paul is instructing that there should be “nothing in their hearts and their motives that ought not to be there” (Lenski p. 802). amemptos. Philippians 2:15. As lights in the world , [ foosteeres (Greek #5458)] - 'luminaries,' as the sun and moon, 'the great lights' in the material world. “Ye”: This would equally apply to every Christian. Philippians 2:15. “Lights”: It “means any light-bearing body. Christians are as the lesser lights of heaven, dim in comparison with the Sun of Righteousness, perhaps shining by His reflected light, and seen only in the night of this life, till He shall rise on us again in the “day of Christ” spoken of in the next verse. γενεὰ σκολιὰ καὶ διεστραμμένη.

], [Note: A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament, s.v. This respects not their being blameless in the sight of God, which the saints are not in themselves, being not without sin, though they are, as considered in Christ, clothed with his righteousness, and washed in his blood; but their being blameless before men: and this may be understood both actively and passively; actively, that they might be without blaming others; some are so unhappy in their disposition and conduct, as to be always finding fault with, and blaming all persons they are concerned with, and all things in them, and done by them, right or wrong, without any just reason; and this ought not to be, and may be prevented by doing all things, as before directed: or passively, that they might not be blamed by others justly; for no man can escape the blame and censure of everyone; our Lord himself did not, nor this our apostle; but doing, as before exhorted to, will, in a great measure, preclude any just reason for blame and complaint: it is added. “That you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world” This religious feud whereby the Philippian church complained to God and each other and arguing with each other (v.14) made a negative statement to the world. Lights.—Properly, luminaries; so used in the Old Testament, and probably in Revelation 21:11.

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