Hebrews 12:14

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Summary

Hebrews 12:14

Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

And holiness

No man

General references

Romans 12:18

Ephesians 4:3

Bible References

And holiness

For they disciplined us for a short time and as they thought proper, but he does it for our good, to make us share his holiness.

And should serve him in holiness and uprightness, unafraid, In his own presence all our lives.

But now that you have been freed from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you get is consecration, and the final result is eternal life.

Therefore, "Come out from them, And separate from them, says the Lord, And touch nothing that is unclean. Then I will welcome you,

So since we have promises like these, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves of everything that can defile body or spirit, and by reverence for God make our consecration complete.

Not that I have secured it yet, or already reached perfection, but I am pressing on to see if I can capture it, because I have been captured by Jesus Christ.

so that your hearts may be strong and faultlessly pure in the sight of our God and Father, when our Lord Jesus appears with all his saints!

God has not called us to an unclean life, but to a pure one.

but like the holy Being who has called you, you must also prove holy in all your conduct,

And who is there that can hurt you if you are eager to do what is right?

If all these things are to be dissolved in this way, what holy and pious lives you ought to lead,

Dear friend, do not follow bad examples, but good ones. The man who does right is a child of God; the man who does wrong has never seen God.

No man

"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God!

For now we are looking at a dim reflection in a mirror, but then we shall see face to face. Now my knowledge is imperfect, but then I shall know as fully as God knows me.

So since we have promises like these, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves of everything that can defile body or spirit, and by reverence for God make our consecration complete.

For you may be sure that no one who is immoral, or greedy for gain (for that is idolatry) can have any share in the Kingdom of Christ and God.

Is the Law then contrary to God's promises? By no means. For if a law had been given that could have brought life, uprightness would really have come through law.

Dear friends, we are God's children now; it has not yet been disclosed what we are to be. We know that if he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

The heathen will walk by its light. The kings of the earth will bring their splendor to it.

There will no longer be anything that is accursed. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his slaves will worship him;

General references

If possible, for your part, live peaceably with everybody.

Make every effort to maintain the unity of the Spirit through the tie of peace.