Matthew 5:9

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Matthew 5:9

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

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For

1 Peter 1:14

General references

Romans 12:18

Bible References

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And David went out {to meet them} and answered and said to them, "If you come in peace to me, to help me, {my heart will be joined with you}, but if [you come] to betray me to my adversaries, although [there is] no wrong on my hands, may the God of our fathers see and pass judgment."

Who [is] the man who desires life, who loves [many] days in order to see good?

Too long my soul has had its dwelling near [one who] hates peace.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: "May those who love you be at ease.

And on the following day, he made an appearance to them [while they] were fighting and was attempting to reconcile them in peace, saying, 'Men [and] brothers, why are you doing wrong to one another?'

If [it is] possible on your [part], be at peace with all people.

Now receive the one who is weak in faith, [but] not for quarrels about opinions.

But brother goes to court with brother, and this before unbelievers!

Therefore we are ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as [if] God were imploring [you] through us. We beg [you] on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

Finally, brothers, rejoice, be restored, be encouraged, {be in agreement}, be at peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Therefore I, the prisoner in the Lord, exhort you to live in a manner worthy of the calling with which you were called:

Therefore, if [there is] any encouragement in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,

I appeal to Euodia and I appeal to Syntyche {to be in agreement} in the Lord.

putting up with one another and forgiving one another. If anyone should have a complaint against anyone, just as also the Lord forgave you, thus also you [do the same].

But flee from youthful desires, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, [and] peace, in company with those who call upon the Lord from a pure heart.

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

Understand [this], my dear brothers: every person must be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,

For where [there is] jealousy and selfish ambition, there [is] disorder and every evil practice.

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in order that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven, because he causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and the unjust.

I have said, "You [are] gods, and sons of the Most High, all of you.

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend expecting back nothing, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

for they are not even able to die any longer, because they are like the angels and are sons of God, [because they] are sons of the resurrection.

Therefore become imitators of God, as beloved children,

in order that you may become blameless and innocent, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine as stars in the world,

As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former desires [you used to conform to] in your ignorance,

General references

If [it is] possible on your [part], be at peace with all people.