Hebrews 12:14
Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
In Context
13Make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.
Cross References
Genesis 32:30So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”
Job 19:26Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.
Psalms 34:14Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
Psalms 94:15Surely judgment will again be righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
Psalms 133:1A song of ascents. Of David. Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!
Proverbs 16:7When a man’s ways please the LORD, He makes even the man’s enemies live at peace with him.
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 →