Advice For Serving God
Philippians 2:14-15 is sound advice to the believer in this life and for the next. It is the mark of mature servants of the lord.
Do all things without grumbling or questioning, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world- (Philippians 2:14-15 RSV)
παντα ποιειτε χωρις γογγυσμων και διαλογισμων ινα γενησθε αμεμπτοι και ακεραιοι τεκνα θεου αμωμα μεσον γενεας σκολιας και διεστραμμενης εν οις φαινεσθε ως φωστηρες εν κοσμω (Philippians 2:14-15 GNT)1
The thought is complete after verse 15, but the sentence continues to the end of verse 16. Everything up to the end of verse 15 is universal advice to every believer. Paul adds himself into the thought with verse 16, and this no longer is general advice. As a result, the numbers Numerics Gematria end with verse 15.
1 2 3 212 258 1179 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 70- 1- 40- 100- 1 70- 60- 9- 5- 9- 100- 5 400- 600- 80- 9- 90 All(things) be you doing apart from 4 5 6 1029 20 866 18 19 20 1 22 23 24 25 26 27 8 29 30 1 2 33 34 5 6 37 38 39 40 3- 60-3- 3-200-90-30-600-40 10-1-9 4- 9-1-20-60-3-9-90-30-600-40 murmurings and reckonings 7 8 9 50 158 305 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 9- 40-1 3- 5- 40-7- 90-8- 5 1- 30- 5- 30- 70- 100- 60- 9 in order that you may become blameless 10 11 12 20 175 156 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 10- 1- 9 1- 10- 5- 80- 1- 9- 60- 9 100- 5- 10- 40- 1 and unblended children 13 14 15 273 662 225 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 8- 5- 60- 200 1- 30- 600- 30- 1 30- 5- 90- 60- 40 of God unblemished (in)midst 16 17 18 144 280 20 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 3- 5- 40- 5- 1- 90 90- 10- 60- 20- 9- 1- 90 10- 1- 9 of generation crooked and 19 20 491 45 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 4- 9- 5- 90- 100- 80- 1- 30- 30- 5- 40- 7- 90 5- 40 turned through in 21 22 23 159 458 690 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 60- 9- 90 300- 1- 9- 40- 5- 90- 8- 5 600- 90 whom you are shining as 24 25 26 1272 45 790 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 300- 600- 90- 100- 7- 80- 5- 90 5- 40 10- 60- 90- 30- 600 luminators in world.2
Numeric Features
These verses do not talk about God, and they do not impart deep spiritual truth. As a result, many of the features are one offs
and stand alone. Features are not paired symmetrically.
Primary Features
(Derived from Revelation 1:8 and grouped for easy reference.)
A.1Numeric total: 9982 = 2 x 7 x 23 x 31. (See feature 2.)
A.4Number of words: 26 = 2 x 13. (See feature 2.1.)
A.5Number of letters: 147 = 3 x 7 x 7. (See feature 2.2.)
B.4Every other letter (odd): 6055 = 5 x 7 x 173. (See feature 5.1.)
B.4.2Every other letter (even): 3927 = 3 x 7 x 11 x 17. (See feature 5.2.)
C.2.2First and last word of each verse: 1918 = 2 x 7 x 137. (See feature 1.)
C.3.2First and last letter of each word: 3801 = 3 x 7 x 181. (See feature 7.3.)
D.3.3First letter of each word: 1960 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 5 x 7 x 7. (See feature 7.1.)
E.3.3Last letter of each word: 1694 = 2 x 7 x 11 x 11. (See feature 7.2.)
G.4.2Second third of the letters: 2145 = 3 x 5 x 11 x 13. (See feature 2.3.)
Verse Features
1First and last words of each verse: 1918 = 2 x 7 x 137.
Words And Letters
2.The numeric total is 9982 (2 x 7 x 23 x 31). The seven shows this is good advice, and the twenty-three shows it is for people. The sum of the factors is 63 (3 x 3 x 7), indicating there are good benefits for following this deeper. The sum of sixty-three's factors is 13, the ultimate goal of faithful service, God.
2.1There are 26 words in these two verses. Twenty-six is also the sum of the divine name in Hebrew. (26 = 2 x 13)
2.2There are 147 letters (3 x 7 x 7).
2.3Divide the letters into three equal sections. The middle section: 2145 = 3 x 5 x 11 x 13.
3.1Odd valued words:
3 4 9 11 13 15 19 20 21 25 1179 1029 305 175 273 225 491 45 159 45
Position total: 140 = 2 x 2 x 5 x 7. Word total: 3926 = 2 x 13 x 151. (Even valued words yield no corresponding feature.)
3.2Rank the words from small to greatest. Divide the list in half. The lesser half of the words:
5 10 18 20 25 7 16 12 8 21 11 1 15 20 20 20 45 45 50 144 156 158 159 175 212 225
Position total of the lesser half: 169 = 13 x 13. SF: 26 = 2 x 13. The word values produce no feature.
4The greater half of the words:
2 13 17 9 22 19 14 23 26 6 4 3 24 258 273 280 305 458 491 662 690 790 866 1029 1179 1272
Position total of the greater half: 182 = 2 x 7 x 13. Again the word values themselves have no feature.
70 40 1 60 5 100 400 80 90 60 3 90 600 10 9 9 20 3 90 600 9 1 5 7 8 1 5 70 60 10 9 10 80 9 9 5 40 8 60 1 600 1 5 60 3 40 1 90 60 9 90 1 4 5 100 1 30 40 90 40 9 300 9 5 8 600 300 90 7 5 5 10 90 600
Total of odd positioned letters: 6055 = 5 x 7 x 173.
1 100 70 9 9 5 600 9 3 3 200 30 40 1 4 1 60 9 30 40 40 3 40 90 5 30 30 100 9 1 1 5 1 60 100 10 1 5 200 30 30 30 90 40 5 5 90 10 20 1 10 9 9 90 80 30 5 7 5 60 90 1 40 90 5 90 600 100 80 90 40 60 30
Total of even positioned letters: 3927 = 3 x 7 x 11 x 17.
6.Odd valued letters:
a) 2 5 8 9 10 12 16 18 20 21 28 29 31 32 35 36 41 b) 1 1 9 5 9 5 9 3 3 3 1 9 9 1 3 9 9 a) 43 44 45 47 50 51 53 58 60 61 62 64 66 67 69 71 b) 1 3 5 7 5 1 5 9 1 9 1 5 1 9 9 5 a) 74 76 79 83 85 89 90 92 93 99 100 103 104 106 107 b) 1 5 1 1 5 3 5 5 1 9 1 1 9 9 5 a) 111 114 116 118 121 124 125 127 130 137 139 141 b) 1 5 7 5 9 1 9 5 5 7 5 5
Position total: 4147 = 11 x 13 x 29. The letter values yield no feature, and there is no paired feature with the even valued letters.
a) 1 6 13 18 27 30 41 44 51 59 62 70 75 79 84 89 95 b) 70 70 400 3 10 4 9 3 1 10 1 100 8 1 30 3 90 a) 102 105 118 120 123 131 133 141 143 b) 10 4 5 60 300 600 300 5 10
The sum of the positions: 1960 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 5 x 7 x 7. Letter total: 2107 = 7 x 7 x 43.
a) 5 12 17 26 29 40 43 50 58 61 69 74 78 83 88 94 b) 1 5 90 40 9 40 1 5 9 9 9 1 200 1 40 90 a) 101 104 117 119 122 130 132 140 142 147 b) 90 9 90 40 90 5 90 90 40 600
Letter total: 1694 = 2 x 7 x 11 x 11.
7.3The first and last letters of each word added together: 3801 = 3 x 7 x 181.
The first letter of each word had two features, one in the positions of the letters, and one in the value of the letters. The last letter of each word only has one in the value of the letters. The symmetry is incomplete.
7.4Letters that are not first OR last:
1 40 100 60 9 5 9 100 600 80 9 60 3 3 200 90 30 600 1 9 1 20 60 3 9 90 30 600 40 5 40 7 90 8 30 5 30 70 100 60 1 10 5 80 1 9 60 5 10 40 5 60 30 600 30 5 90 60 5 40 5 1 10 60 20 9 1 1 9 5 90 100 80 1 30 30 5 40 7 9 1 9 40 5 90 8 600 90 100 7 80 5 60 90 30
Total: 6181 = 7 x 883.
8.Four letters in the Greek alphabet are not in this passage. These letters are in the passage:
1 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 20 30 40 60 70 80 90 100 200 300 400 600
Total of those present: 2037 = 3 x 7 x 97.
9.1Rank the letters by the number of appearances. Divide the list in half. The total number of appearances of the lesser half: 28 (2 x 2 x 7).
9.2The total number of appearances of the greater half: 119 = 7 x 17.
10.1Letters greater than 30 (the upper half of the Greek alphabet).
a) Position b) Letter value a) 1 3 4 6 7 11 13 14 15 17 19 22 23 25 26 34 37 b) 70 40 100 70 60 100 400 600 80 90 60 200 90 600 40 60 90 a) 39 40 42 46 48 55 56 57 65 68 70 73 77 78 81 86 b) 600 40 40 40 90 70 100 60 80 60 100 40 60 200 600 90 a) 87 88 91 94 95 97 101 108 109 110 115 117 119 120 b) 60 40 40 90 90 60 90 90 100 80 40 90 40 60 a) 122 123 126 128 131 132 133 134 135 136 138 140 142 b) 90 300 40 90 600 90 300 600 90 100 80 90 40 a) 144 145 147 b) 60 90 600
Total: 9250 = 2 x 5 x 5 x 5 x 37. Number found: 63 (3 x 3 x 7. SF: 13). Position total: 4865 5 x 7 x 139.
10.2Letters less than 40 (the lower half of the Greek alphabet):
a) Position b) Letter value a) 2 5 8 9 10 12 16 18 20 21 24 27 28 29 30 31 32 b) 1 1 9 5 9 5 9 3 3 3 30 10 1 9 4 9 1 a) 33 35 36 38 41 43 44 45 47 49 50 51 52 53 54 58 b) 20 3 9 30 9 1 3 5 7 8 5 1 30 5 30 9 a) 59 60 61 62 63 64 66 67 69 71 72 74 75 76 79 80 b) 10 1 9 1 10 5 1 9 9 5 10 1 8 5 1 30 a) 82 83 84 85 89 90 92 93 96 98 99 100 102 103 104 b) 30 1 30 5 3 5 5 1 10 20 9 1 10 1 9 a) 105 106 107 111 112 113 114 116 118 121 124 125 127 b) 4 9 5 1 30 30 5 7 5 9 1 9 5 a) 129 130 137 139 141 143 146 b) 8 5 7 5 5 10 30
Total: 732 = 2 x 2 x 3 x 61. Number found: 84 = 2 x 2 x 3 x 7. SF: 14 = 2 x 7. Position total: 6013 5 x 7 x 139.
Conclusion
Faithful service is required by any job.
A worker who does what his boss requires without grumbling is appreciated more. One who serves cheerfully
clearly likes his job and employer. These points are all obvious. They are not deep spiritual truths. The numbers reflect the depth of the topic.
Notes
- The Hebrew or Greek text is from Bibleworks 3.0 by Hermeneutika, Michael S. Bushell, 1995, translated into HTML entities. Vowel marks and punctuation from the Hebrew have been removed. Greek accent marks and punctuation have also been removed.
- The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures, by New World Bible Translation Committee, Watchtower Bible & Tract Society of New York, Inc., 1969 (This is not to advocate for the Jehovah's Witnesses or to support them. It is listed because the book was a Greek-English interlinear easily obtainable at a time of limited means and when interlinear books were extremely difficult to find and expensive.)