Philippians 4:8
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
הערת לימוד
Study Note
The cataloguing of virtues for cognitive meditation — 'whatsoever things are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, of good report' — draws on Hellenistic virtue ethics while recasting it within a fundamentally theistic frame: 'think on these things.' The verb 'think on' (logizomai) is a commercial/accounting term meaning to reckon, calculate, or carefully take into account — suggesting sustained, deliberate cognitive attention rather than passive entertainment. Paul's list parallels Stoic virtue catalogues (cf. Marcus Aurelius, Meditations) but extends them with specifically Christian categories, reflecting his strategy of engaging Greco-Roman culture by both appropriating and redirecting its categories. Romans 12:2's call to be 'transformed by the renewing of your mind' and 2 Corinthians 10:5's 'casting down imaginations... bringing every thought captive to Christ' develop the same theology of cognitive transformation.
תרגומים נוספים
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as <FI>are<Fi> grave, as many as <FI>are<Fi> righteous, as many as <FI>are<Fi> pure, as many as <FI>are<Fi> lovely, as many as <FI>are<Fi> of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;
For the rest, my brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things have honour, whatever things are upright, whatever things are holy, whatever things are beautiful, whatever things are of value, if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, give thought to these things.
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