Hebrews 12:14

Try earnestly to live at peace with everyone, and to attain to that purity without which no one will see the Lord.

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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 limb may not be put out of joint, but rather be cured.

15Take care that no one fails to use the loving help of God, ‘that no bitterness is allowed to take root and spring up, and cause trouble,’ and so poison the whole community.

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Cross References

Genesis 32:30Jacob called the place Penuel, for he said, “I have seen God face to face, and my life has been saved.”

Psalms 34:14Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

Psalms 94:15For the righteous shall come to their rights, and all true-hearted people shall follow them.

Psalms 133:1Behold! How good and how pleasant is the dwelling of kindred together!

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 →

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