Paragraph 2:14–16

Theme: Believers should be different from those who are evil and should show people the message of life.

2:14

complaining or arguing: This means for a person to say bad things about his own situation and to argue with other people. Perhaps some of the Philippians were acting like this toward God or toward one another. Paul was probably thinking about the attitude of the Israelites while Moses led them through the desert (Exodus 16:2).

In some languages 2:14 has been translated as:

Live without complaining or arguing.

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