Philippians 1:10

The goal of growing love and discernment is to approve what is best and live sincere and blameless until Christ returns. Wise love produces pure character.

Cross-references · 40

• Rom 12:2Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
• 1 Th 3:13so that He may establish your hearts in blamelessness and holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints. Amen.
• 1 Th 5:23Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your entire spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Rom 2:18if you know His will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law;
• Eph 5:10Test and prove what pleases the Lord.
• 1 Jn 4:1Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.
• Phil 1:6being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
• 1 Th 5:21but test all things. Hold fast to what is good.
• 1 Cor 1:8He will sustain you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Matt 16:23But Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me. For you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.”
• Rev 2:2I know your deeds, your labor, and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate those who are evil, and you have tested and exposed as liars those who falsely claim to be apostles.
• Matt 18:6–7But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.
• John 1:47When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”
• Josh 24:14Now, therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; cast aside the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.
• Rom 14:20–21Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block.
• Eph 5:27and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.
• 2 Cor 1:12And this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.
• Isa 7:15–16By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey.
• Amos 5:14–15Seek good, not evil, so that you may live. And the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you have claimed.
• 2 Cor 11:13–15For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
• Job 34:3For the ear tests words as the mouth tastes food.
• Heb 5:12–14Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to reteach you the basic principles of God’s word. You need milk, not solid food!
• Rom 8:7because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
• Job 12:11Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes its food?
• Gen 20:5Didn’t Abraham tell me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ I have done this in the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands.”
• Rom 12:9Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.
• Mic 3:2You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.
• Matt 26:33Peter said to Him, “Even if all fall away on account of You, I never will.”
• Gal 5:11Now, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished.
• John 3:20Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
• Rom 16:17Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them.
• 2 Cor 2:17For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God.
• 2 Cor 6:3We put no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no one can discredit our ministry.
• Acts 24:16In this hope, I strive always to maintain a clear conscience before God and man.
• Rom 7:16And if I do what I do not want to do, I admit that the law is good.
• Phil 1:16The latter do so in love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel.
• 2 Cor 8:8I am not making a demand, but I am testing the sincerity of your love in comparison to the earnestness of others.
• Rom 7:22For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.
• Eph 4:15Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.
• Eph 6:24Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.

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