That ye may be blameless. That you may give no occasion for others to accuse you of having done wrong.

And harmless. In th…

Blameless and harmless.—“Blameless” as to external law and judgment (1 Thessalonians 2:10); “harmless” in internal pur…

The sons of God, without rebuke,

So that men cannot rebuke you, and will have to invent a lie before they can do it; and even then,…

The purpose of the exhortation to work out their salvation was that the readers might be pure and uncontaminated light-givers in the world. By rege…

The sons of God, unreprovable. It should be rendered — unreprovable, because you are the sons of God. For God’s adoption…

That you may be blameless
This, and what follows, show the end to be answered, by observing the above exhortation. T…

We must be diligent in using all the means that lead to our salvation, persevering in this to the end. We must exercise great care, so that, with a…

Previously, the Apostle exhorted them to do works leading to salvation; here he teaches them how. First, he teaches them the way to perform these w…