Matthew 5:8

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Summary

Matthew 5:8

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

Are

For

1 John 3:2

Bible References

Are

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye cleanse the outside of the cup, and the side dish of sweet-meats, and within they are full of pillage and bad mixture.

And I knew, my God, that thou triest the heart, and from uprightness thou wilt delight. I in the uprightness of my heart gave willingly all these: and now thy people were found here; I saw with gladness to show themselves willing to thee.

He going blameless, and working justice, and speaking truth in his heart.

With the purified thou wilt be purified, and with the perverse thou wilt show thyself perverse

The blameless one of hands and the clean of heart; who lifted not up his soul to vanity, and swore not for deceit

Behold, thou didst delight in truth in the reins, and in bidden things thou wilt cause me to know wisdom.

Chanting to Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, to the clean of heart

He loving pureness of heart the grace of his lips, the king is his friend.

And I sprinkled clean waters upon you, and ye were cleansed: from all your uncleannesses and from all your blocks will I cleanse you.

And separated nothing between us and also them, by faith having purified their hearts.

Therefore having these declarations, dearly let us cleanse ourselves from all defilements of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

All things truly pure to the pure: and to the defiled and unbelieving nothing pure; but also their mind and consciousness are defiled.

How much more shall the blood of Christ, who by the eternal Spirit offered himself blameless to God, purify your consciousness from dead works to serve the living God?

Let us approach with a true heart in complete certainty of faith, having our hearts besprinkled from an evil consciousness, and having our bodies washed with pure water.

And the wisdom from above is truly first pure, then peaceful, decorous, docile, full of mercy and good fruits, not separated, and unfeigned.

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse the hands, ye sinful; and purify the hearts, ye double souled.

Having purified your souls in the hearing of the truth by the Spirit to unfeigned brotherly love, out of pure hearts love ye one another cordially:

For

And Jacob will call the name of the place, the face of God: for I saw God lace to face, and my soul shall be saved.

And after they destroyed my skin, this, and from my flesh I shall see God:

For now we see by a mirror in an enigma; then face to face: now I know by parts; and then shall I know as I was known.

Follow peace with all, and consecration, without which none shall see the Lord:

Dearly beloved, now are we the children of God, and it has not yet been manifested what we shall be: and we know that, if he be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.