Matthew 5:9
Blessed are the peace makers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
In Context
8Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 12:17And Dauid went out to meete them, and answered and sayde vnto them, If yee be come peaceably vnto me to helpe me, mine heart shall be knit vnto you, but if you come to betray me to mine aduersaries, seeing there is no wickednes in mine handes, the God of our fathers beholde it, and rebuke it.
Psalms 82:6I haue said, Ye are gods, and ye all are children of the most High.
Psalms 122:6Pray for the peace of Ierusalem: let them prosper that loue thee.
Matthew 5:48Ye shall therefore be perfit, as your Father which is in heauen, is perfite.
Luke 20:36For they can die no more, forasmuch as they are equall vnto the Angels, and are the sonnes of God, since they are the children of the resurrection.
Romans 8:14For as many as are ledde by the Spirit of God, they are the sonnes of God.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 5:4-13
The Sermon on the Mount. 3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. 5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. 6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. 7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. 8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. 9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. 10 Blessed are they… Read the whole commentary →