Philippians 2:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Do all things without murmurings; the apostle here subjoins to his exhortation to condescension and humility, a dissuasive from the opposite vices, moving them to do all that was incumbent on them as Christians without private mutterings, secret whisperings, and complainings, which might argue their impatience under the yoke of Christ, while put upon doing or suffering such things; either reflecting on God's providence, as the Israelites of old, Numbers 11:1, &c.; 1 Corinthians 10:10; reckoning they had hard measure: or rather, (here considering the context), grudging at others, as the Greeks and Jews had done, Luke 5:30 1 Thessalonians 6:41,42 Ac 6:1; yea, and some of the disciples were found guilty of this ill temper against their Master, 1 Thessalonians 6:61. Christian charity disallows grudgings, 1 Peter 4:9 Judges 1:10; and also disputings; hot and eager contests and quarrellings about those things wherein the life and main business of religion is not concerned, but the unity of the Spirit of holiness is opposed, Matthew 18:1 Mark 9:33 Luke 9:46 Romans 14:1 2 Corinthians 12:20, with 1 Timothy 1:6, 1 Timothy 2:8.