Philippians 2:14

Plain English Version

And while you do those things, don’t get angry or argue about them.

Cross References

Matthew 20:11

When they got their money, they complained to the boss. They said,

Mark 14:5

Why didn’t she sell it and get a lot of money, and give that money to poor people?” And they said angry words to her too.

Mark 9:14

They came back down the hill, and they found Jesus’s other followers arguing with the Jewish law teachers. There were lots of people standing around.

Acts 15:2

Paul and Barnabas heard those men saying that, and they didn’t agree with them. They argued with them and told them they were wrong. The Christians at Antioch thought about that problem, then they told Paul and Barnabas to go with some other men to Jerusalem, to talk about it with Jesus’s special workers and the other church leaders there.

Acts 15:39

Paul and Barnabas didn’t agree with each other about John Mark, and they had a big argument. They got very upset with each other, so they each went a different way. Barnabas and John Mark got on a ship and went to the island called Cyprus.

Acts 15:7

They talked about it for a long time, and then Peter stood up and said to them, “My friends, you know that God picked me, and I was the first person to go to the people that are not Jews to tell them the good news about Jesus. God did that so that they could hear about Jesus and believe in him.

Acts 6:1

At that time, a lot of people believed in Jesus and started to follow him. Some of them talked in the Greek language, and some of them talked in the Jewish language, called Hebrew. The Christians that talked Greek complained about the Christians that talked Hebrew. They said that the people that looked after the widows didn’t give enough food or money to the widows that talked Greek.

Romans 12:18

Try not to argue with anybody, and try not to fight with anybody.

Romans 14:1

There are some Christians that are not sure if it is right or wrong for them to do some things. But don’t worry, let people like that be in your church, and don’t argue with them about whatever they think they have to do.

Romans 16:17

Listen, my Christian friends, I’m telling you straight, you’ve got to be really careful about people that make you split up and argue with each other. Remember that you heard the true message about Jesus Christ, and you learned to follow his way, but there are some people that want you to leave that way and go another way. They tell you a different story, and they get you to argue with each other. So don’t listen to them. Keep away from them.

1 Corinthians 10:10

And some of them complained about God and said that he was not fair, and one of God’s angel messengers came and killed them. This story tells us that we can’t complain about God and say he is not fair.

Galatians 5:15

Don’t be like wild animals. They fight each other and eat each other all the time. If you don’t love each other, you are just like them. So be careful. If you fight each other, you might properly finish each other.

Galatians 5:26

We can’t reckon we are better than anyone else. We can’t do things that make other people angry, so that we start fighting each other. And we can’t wish we are like somebody else, and then hate that other person.

Philippians 2:3

Each of you has to think about what is good for the others. Don’t only think about what is good for yourself. Don’t think that you are better than other people, but think that they are better than you. And don’t do things only to get people to say you are good. And don’t try to be a boss over other people.

1 Thessalonians 5:13

They work for God, so respect them, and love them a lot. – And don’t argue with each other. –

1 Thessalonians 5:15

If somebody does something bad to you, don’t try to do payback to them, but always try to be good to each other and to everyone else too.

James 1:20

If you are angry, you can’t do the good things that God wants you to do.

James 3:14

But if you only think about things that are good for yourself, and if you are jealous of other people, and if you hate other people, you are not thinking God’s way. That’s the devil’s way. He is the boss over the bad spirits. You can’t hide the way you think by telling lies about it, and by saying that you are really good.

James 5:9

My Christian friends, don’t complain about each other, or God will judge you and say that you are wrong. He is the big judge, and he is coming soon. He is nearly here already.

1 Peter 3:11

Turn away from doing bad, and do good. Don’t make trouble. Try very hard to live happily with other people.

1 Peter 4:9

If there are other Christians that need food or a place to stay, then share your home with them and don’t complain to anyone about it.

Jude 1:16

That mob are always complaining and saying that they aren’t happy with things. They are always saying that other people have done things wrong. But they do all the bad things they want to do. They say very good things about themselves and tell everybody they are important. But they only say good things about other people when they want to get something from them.