Matthew 5:8

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Summary

Matthew 5:8

Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

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1 John 3:2

Bible References

Are

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees--hypocrites!--because you cleanse the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence!

And I know, my God, that you yourself test the heart and are pleased with uprightness. I, in the uprightness of my heart, have willingly offered all these [things], and now I have seen your people who are found here willingly offer to you.

He who walks blamelessly and does what is right. He who speaks honestly in his heart.

To [the] pure you show yourself pure. but to [the] wicked you show yourself shrewd.

He who is innocent of hands and pure of heart, who does not lift up his soul to falseness, and does not swear deceitfully.

Behold, you delight [in] truth in the inward parts, and in [the] hidden [parts] you make me to know wisdom.

Surely God is good to Israel, to those pure of heart.

He who loves purity of heart [and has]{gracious speech}, his friend [is the] king.

And I will sprinkle on you pure water, and you will be clean from all of your uncleanness, and I will cleanse you from all of your idols.

And he made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.

Therefore [since we] have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of body and spirit, accomplishing holiness in the fear of God.

To the pure all [things] [are] pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing [is] pure, but both their mind and conscience are defiled.

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works to serve [the] living God?

let us approach with a true heart in the full assurance of faith, our hearts sprinkled [clean] from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, obedient, full of mercy and good fruits, nonjudgmental, without hypocrisy,

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [you] sinners, and purify [your] hearts, [you] double-minded!

Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for sincere brotherly love, love one another fervently from the heart,

For

Then Jacob called the name of the place Peniel [which means] "I have seen God face to face and my life was spared."

And after my skin has been thus destroyed, but from my flesh I will see God,

For now we see through a mirror {indirectly}, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know completely, just as I have also been completely known.

Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.

Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that whenever he is revealed we will be like him, because we will see him just as he is.