Hebrews 12:14
Pursue peace with everyone. Pursue sanctity, without which no one shall see God.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 32:30And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, “I have seen God face to face, and my soul has been saved.”
Job 19:26And I will be enveloped again with my skin, and in my flesh I will see my God.
Psalms 34:14Like a neighbor, and like our brother, so did I please; like one mourning and contrite, so was I humbled.
Psalms 133:1A Canticle in steps. Behold, bless the Lord now, all you servants of the Lord, who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God.
Proverbs 16:7When the ways of man will please the Lord, he will convert even his enemies to peace.
Matthew Henry on Hebrews 12:5-18
The Benefit of Afflictions; The Use of Afflictions; Cautions against Apostasy. ( a. d. 62.) 4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. 5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: 6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father… Read the whole commentary →