Philippians - Verse-by-Verse Biblical Exegesis

extremely rich and abundant (PASubj.3S, perisseu,w, Tendential &
Progressive, Potential; object clause, SGA), still more (Acc.
Spec.; how much; with an adverb of degree; SGB), even
(ascensive) to a greater degree (Acc. Spec.; how much, USG),
by means of full knowledge (Instr. of Means/Loc. Sph.,
evpi,gnwsij doctrine) and (connective) all (Acc. Spec.) spiritual
discernment (Instr. Means/Loc. Sph., hapax legomena,
Christian common sense, wisdom),
WHO Philippians 1:9 kai. tou/to proseu,comai i[na h` avga,ph u`mw/n e;ti ma/llon kai. ma/llon
perisseu,h| evn evpignw,sei kai. pa,sh| aivsqh,sei
VUL Philippians 1:9 et hoc oro ut caritas vestra magis ac magis abundet in scientia et omni sensu
LWB Philp. 1:10 So that as a result you may test and approve those things which are really
important to you [priorities], so that you may be tested by sunlight [Bible doctrine] and
found pure in motives [perfect integrity & scale of values in thought] and without offense
[outer conduct that does not betray the inner integrity] unto the day of Christ [the
rapture],
KW Philp. 1:10 And those [guiding limitations] of every kind of sensitive moral and ethical tact,
so that you may after putting them to the test [of God’s word] recognize the true value of the
finer distinctions involved in Christian conduct and thus sanction them, in order that you might
be unadulterated [by evil] and thus pure and not a stumbling block in view of the day of Christ,
KJV
Philippians 1:10 That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and
without offence till the day of Christ;
TRANSLATION HIGHLIGHTS
One of the results of growing in the spiritual life from supergrace A to B to ultra-supergrace is
changing priorities. Things which are really important to us (Descriptive Present tense) at one stage
of the spiritual life drop-off and become relatively unimportant in later stages. As Bible doctrine
more and more becomes your number one priority in life, your thoughts and scale of values change
accordingly. If you are making progress in the spiritual life, you may test and approve or disapprove
(Latin: probe) your priorities (Tendential Present tense) from time to time. You may be tested
(Futuristic Subjunctive mood) along the way by applying the Bible doctrine you have learned.
Doctrine serves as divine sunlight, shining its divine wisdom on your thoughts and gradually
changing them until you have perfect integrity in thought (pure motives). Doctrine also changes your
scale of values that are manifested in outward actions, so that you may become without offense unto
the day of Christ, i.e., the rapture.
Continuing the progressive sanctification outline in the prior verse, we touched on SG2 and SG3.
What do these abbreviations stand for? “Paragraph SG2 (Supergrace Two) includes five