Loving what is good (5358) (philagathos from phílos = friend, loved + agathos [word study] = good, benevolent) means loving and practicing what is intrinsically good (cf Philippians 4:8- note).
Philagathos combines not only the liking to be kind but also the actual doing of good. This trait describes one who is tireless in activities prompted by love. Philagathos frequently appears in inscriptions to people of noble character, specifically as a title of honor in Greek societies. Aristotle uses this word in the sense of unselfish describing a lover of good actions. Aristotle uses philagathos in the sense of unselfish or a lover of good actions.
Steven Cole...
Negatively, he doesn’t fill his mind with all of the violent, sensual filth that is on TV or in movies. Positively, as Paul puts it in Philippians 4:8, “whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.” (Read the full sermon)
Spiritual leaders should be known as friends of the godly and virtuous. This man is good because he has a good heart and surrounds himself with good things. Overseers who are lovers of good things and good men give evidence of their piety, and likeness to God and their Master Jesus Christ. The overseer's speech, activities, and associations should reveal that he is separated from all that is disreputable, questionable, or overtly wrong.
Barclay adds that
The Christian office-bearer must be a man whose heart answers to the good in whatever person, in whatever place and in whatever action he finds it. (Barclay, W: The Daily Study Bible Series, Rev. ed. Philadelphia: The Westminster Press)
Paul wrote that
while we have opportunity, let us do good to all men, and especially to those who are of the household of the faith. (Gal 6:10)
SENSIBLE: sophorona:
use good judgment (GWT)
sober minded (YLT)
He must live wisely (NLT)
discreet (DNT)
prudent (NRSV)
a man who is discreet (Phillips)
serious minded (BBE)
sober in deportment (Hiebert)
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