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Jerome's Latin Vulgate

2 ad Corinthios 5:10

probantes quid sit beneplacitum Deo:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Holiness;   Thompson Chain Reference - Prove All Things;   The Topic Concordance - Bearing Fruit;   Holy Spirit;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Darkness;   Justice;   Light;   Self-discipline;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Colossians, Theology of;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Church;   Self-Denial;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ephesians, the Epistle to the;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ephesians, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Marriage;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Acceptance;   Acceptance (2);   Commandment;   Ephesians Epistle to the;   Perseverance;   Pre-Eminence ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - 18 Accepted Acceptable;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Play;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ephesians, Epistle to the;   Prove;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Saul of Tarsus;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for July 17;   Every Day Light - Devotion for December 13;  

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Ego confido in vobis in Domino, quod nihil aliud sapietis : qui autem conturbat vos, portabit judicium, quicumque est ille.
Nova Vulgata (1979)
probantes quid sit beneplacitum Domino;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Proving: 1 Samuel 17:39, Romans 12:1, Romans 12:2, Philippians 1:10, 1 Thessalonians 5:21

acceptable: Psalms 19:14, Proverbs 21:3, Isaiah 58:5, Jeremiah 6:20, Romans 14:18, Philippians 4:18, 1 Timothy 2:3, 1 Timothy 5:4, Hebrews 12:28, 1 Peter 2:5, 1 Peter 2:20

Reciprocal: Colossians 1:9 - of his

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. There are many things that are acceptable to God, as the person of Christ, his righteousness, sacrifice, sufferings, death, and mediation; the persons of his people, their services, sufferings, sacrifices of prayer, and praise to him, and of bounty and liberality to the poor; their graces, and the exercise of them; and the actions of their lives and conversations, when they are becoming the Gospel, are according to the will of God, and are done in faith, and are directed to his glory: and these things which are acceptable to God, as all the truths of the Gospel, and duties of religion are, should be proved, or tried by men; and in order to the trial of spiritual things, it is necessary that the mind be renewed, the understanding be enlightened, the spiritual senses be in exercise, and all be under the influence and directions of the Spirit of God: and the trial is to be made, not according to human reason, which is corrupt and fallible; and besides, there are some things in revelation above it; but according to the Scriptures, which are the word of God, and the rule of faith and practice; and whither the prophets, Christ, and his apostles, always sent men for the trial of divine things; and things being here tried, and found to be right, should be approved of, valued, and esteemed, cleaved to and held fast.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord - That is,” Walk as children of light Ephesians 5:8, thus showing what is acceptable to the Lord.” Rosenmuller supposes that the participle is used here instead of the imperative. The meaning is, that by so living you will make a fair trial of what is acceptable to the Lord. The result on your happiness in this life and the next, will be such as to show that such a course is pleasing in his sight. Dr. Chandler, however, renders it as meaning that by this course they would show that they discerned and approved of what was acceptable to the Lord. See the notes on Romans 12:2, where a similar form of expression occurs.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 10. Proving what is acceptable — By walking in the light-under the influence of the Divine Spirit, according to the dictates of the Gospel, ye shall be able to try, and bring to full proof, that by which God is best pleased. Ye shall be able to please him well in all things.


 
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