Philippians 2:15 (WEB)
that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the middle of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,
Catechism · 2
The Celebration of the Christian Mystery
“In the New Testament the word "liturgy" refers not only to the celebration of divine worship but also to the proclamation of the Gospel and to active charity.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Lk 1:23; Acts 13:2; Rom 15:16, 27; 2 Cor 9:12; Phil 2:14-17, 25, 30.
The Sacrament of Baptism
“In him the baptized are "the light of the world."” — Catechism footnote: Mt 5:14; cf. Phil 2:15.
Fathers and councils · 19
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus III.29Book III
“…the Churches of God which are instructed by Christ, when carefully contrasted with the assemblies of the districts in which they are situated, are as beacons in the world; for who would not admit that even the inferior members of the Church, and those who in comparison with the better are less worthy, are…” — editor's note: φωστῆρες. [Phil. ii. 15. Very noteworthy are the details of this and the following chapter, and their defiant comparisons.]
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Irenaeus of Lyons
“This is what is meant by Paul, [when he says,] “as lights in the world.”” — editor's note: Phil. ii. 15.
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Jerome
“And in this sense we must understand the words:“That ye may be blameless and harmless, as children of God, without blemish”; for He did not say ye are, but may be.” — editor's note: Phil. ii. 15.
Read the whole comment“For as the word λογισμόι, that is, “disputings,” refers to the fault and misdoing of sons in the faith, and as the precept concerning the management of a house refers to the right direction of body and of soul, so by the wives of the bishops we are to understand their churches.” — editor's note: Cf. Ph. ii. 14, 15.
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Augustine of Hippo
“…and let us, from this inferior fruit of action, possessing the delights of contemplation and of the Word of Life above, let us appear as lights in the world, clinging to the firmament of Thy Scripture.” — editor's note: Phil. ii. 15.
Read the whole comment““Do all things without murmurings and disputings: 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, holding forth the word of life.”…” — editor's note: Philip. ii. 14–16.
Read the whole comment“But to depart from evil, which he calls knowledge, what else is it but to walk cautiously and heedfully “in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation,” in the night, as it were, of this world, that each one by keeping himself from iniquity may avoid being confounded with the darkness, distinguished by the…” — editor's note: Philip. ii. 15.
Read the whole comment“The stars are certain lights in the Church comforting our night; all of whom the Apostle saith, “In the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world, holding the Word of life.”” — editor's note: Philip. ii. 15.
Read the whole comment““Ye are the light of the world.”” — editor's note: Lumen, also used for a luminary; Vulgate, lux. In a lower and derivative sense are the disciples “the light,” etc. (Alford), deriving their light-giving…
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Cyprian of Carthage
“And Paul the apostle says, “Shine as lights in the world.”” — editor's note: Phil. ii. 15.
Read the whole comment“Also in the Epistle of Paul to the Philippians: “But doing all things for love, without murmurings and revilings, that ye may be without complaint, and spotless sons of God.”” — editor's note: Phil. ii. 14, 15.
Read the whole comment“Also Paul to the Philippians: “Shine as lights in the world.”” — editor's note: Phil. ii. 15.
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Gregory the Great
“And Paul says to his disciples, In the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world (Philip. ii. 15).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Paul also the apostle writes to his disciples, saying, In the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as luminaries in the world, holding fast the word of life (Philip. ii. 15).” — the author cites it
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Basil the Great
“The Apostle speaks to us of certain lights which shine in the world without being confounded with the true light of the world, the possession of which made the saints luminaries of the souls which they instructed and drew from the darkness of ignorance.” — editor's note: cf. Phil. ii. 15.
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Tertullian
“You are a light of the world, and a tree ever green.” — editor's note: Matt. v. 14; Phil. ii. 15.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…in our sermons, or preferring to do something else: and may ye be the children of God, pure and unblamable, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation: and may ye never be entangled in the snares of the wicked that go round about, or bound with the chain of your sins.” — editor's note: Phil. ii. 15.
Read the whole comment“Let us be made lights in the world, holding forth the Word of Life; that is, let us be made a quickening power to others.” — editor's note: Phil. ii. 15, 16.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Pseudo-ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
“The stand for the lamp is the Church which bears the word of life, and all ecclesiastical persons. [margin note: Phil 2:15]” — the author cites it
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Cross-references · 33
Cited together in Catechism §1070.
Cited together in Catechism §1070.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.5.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.5.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.15.
Cited together in Orations Oration 3.
Cited together in Orations Oration 3.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.6.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.15.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.15.
Cited together in Epistles, Books IX–XIV X.9.
Cited together in Orations Oration 3.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.5.
Cited together in Epistles, Books IX–XIV X.9.
Cited together in Orations Oration 3.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.5.
Cited together in Orations Oration 3.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.5.
Cited together in Epistles, Books IX–XIV X.9.
Cited together in Catechism §1243 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Catechism §1070.
Cited together in Orations Oration 3.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.6.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.5.
Cited together in Catechism §1070.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.15.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.5.
Cited together in Catechism §1070.
Cited together in Catechism §1070.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.6.
Cited together in Catechism §1070.
Cited together in Catechism §1243.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.5.