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so thatεἰς τὸyouὑμᾶςmay testδοκιμάζεινthe things that matter,τὰ διαφέρονταso thatἵναyou may beἦτεpureεἰλικρινεῖςandκαὶwithout offenseἀπρόσκοποιforεἰςthe dayἡμέρανof the Messiah,Χριστοῦ
Philippians 1:10
Study it in the app“so that you may test the things that matter, so that you may be pure and without offense for the day of the Messiah,”
With the Greek beneath
Philippians 1:10, word by word
- may testδοκιμάζεινdokimazein
test
To check something to see if it is good.
Where else “dokimazein” appears- the things that matterδιαφέρονταdiapheronta
be worth more
To outweigh another; what really counts.
Where else “diapheronta” appears- you may beἦτεēte
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ēte” appears- pureεἰλικρινεῖςeilikrineis
pure, sincere
Pure, clean and unmixed; sincere.
Where else “eilikrineis” appears- without offenseἀπρόσκοποιaproskopoi
blameless
With nothing to reproach before God or people.
Where else “aproskopoi” appears- the dayἡμέρανhēmeran
judgment day
The day of the Lord, when God judges the world.
Where else “hēmeran” appears- of the MessiahΧριστοῦChristou
Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christou” appears
The context
9And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment,
10 · This verse (above)
11filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus the Messiah, to the glory and praise of God.
To study Philippians 1 in a group
1. What it says
What happened to Paul in prison, and what effect does he say it had on the spread of the good news (v. 12-14)?
2. What it means
Paul writes, "to me to live is the Messiah, and to die is gain" (v. 21). What do you think he means?
3. How I live it
Paul rejoices even in hardship (v. 18). What difficult situation today could you look at from another angle?