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;
15 The sons of God, unreprovable. It ought to be rendered — unreprovable, because ye are the sons of God. For God’s adoption of us ought to be a motive to a blameless life, that we may in some degree resemble our Father.
Do your duty without finding fault with it. Mind your work, do not quarrel with it; God's commands were given to be obeyed, not disputed. His service is freedom, His work its own reward. Walk so circumspectly that even the severest censurer may have no occasion to cavil at you.
AI summary
Commenting on Philippians 2:14-18
That ye may be blameless,.... This, and what follows, show the end to be answered, by observing the above exhortation. 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...