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Philippians 1:10

That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;

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εἰςeisThatεἰςpreposition — “That”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.Thatτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.δοκιμάζεινdokimazeinto may approveδοκιμάζω (dokimazō)verb, present active infinitive — “to may approve”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1381I put to the test, prove, examine; I distinguish by testing, approve after testing; I am fit.may approveὑμᾶςhumasyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “you”, the object formG4771you.τὰtatheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.διαφέρονταdiapherontathings that are excellentδιαφέρω (diapherō)verb, present active participle, accusative, plural, neuter — “things that are excellent”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1308(a) trans: I carry through, hither and thither, (b) intrans: I am different, differ, and sometimes: I surpass, excel.things that are excellentἵναhinathatἵναconjunction — “that”G2443in order that, so that.thatἦτεēteye may beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active subjunctive, 2nd person plural — “ye may be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ye may beεἰλικρινεῖςeilikrineissincereεἰλικρινής (eilikrinēs)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “sincere”, the subject formG1506(originally: unmixed), pure, uncontaminated, sincere.This verse uses “sincere”.sincereκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἀπρόσκοποιaproskopoiwithout offenceἀπρόσκοπος (aproskopos)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “without offence”, the subject formG677(free from hurt or harm, hence) not offending, not causing offence, blameless.without offenceεἰςeistillεἰςpreposition — “till”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “till”.tillἡμέρανhēmerandayἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “day”, the object formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.the dayΧριστοῦchristouof ChristΧριστός (christos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of Christ”, the of-formG5547anointed; the Messiah, the Christ.of Christ

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

for your proving the things that differ, that ye may be pure and offenceless — to a day of Christ,

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American Standard Version (1901)

so that ye may approve the things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and void of offence unto the day of Christ;

Young’s Literal Translation

for your proving the things that differ, that ye may be pure and offenceless — to a day of Christ,

World English Bible

so that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense to the day of Christ,

Darby Translation

that ye may judge of and approve the things that are more excellent, in order that ye may be pure and without offence for Christ's day,

Douay-Rheims

That you may approve the better things, that you may be sincere and without offence unto the day of Christ,

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