Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Philippians 2:14

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Philippians 2:14 - 2:14

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14. πάντα ποιεῖτε κτλ. He carries now into detail the general principle of holiness in the power of the Divine In-dweller, holding still in view the unselfish love for which he pleaded above (Php 2:1-4). Observe the characteristic totality of the precept, the πάντα.

χωρὶς γογγυσμῶν καὶ διαλογισμῶν. With γογγυσμῶν cp. Act 6:1, γένετο γογγυσμὸς Ἑλληνιστῶν πρὸς τοὺς Ἑβραίους, and 1Pe 4:9, φιλόξενοι εἰς ἀλλήλους ἄνευ γογγυσμοῦ: and with διαλογισμῶν, Jam 2:4, ἐγένεσθε κριταὶ διαλογισμῶν πονηρῶν. The “murmurs” and “debates” are not as towards God, but as towards one another; expressions of personal or connexional alienation and prejudice. So we gather from the direction of the appeal above, Php 2:1-4, and below, Php 4:2-3; and other places in the Epistle. Such things were to die in the air of the love and presence of God in Christ.