Matthew 5:9

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Summary

Matthew 5:9

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

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General references

Romans 12:18

Bible References

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The next day he again appeared upon the scene, when some of them were fighting, and tried to make peace between them. 'Men,' he said, 'you are brothers; how is it that you are ill-treating one another?'

If it is possible, as far as rests with you, live peaceably with every one.

As for those whose faith is weak, always receive them as friends, but not for the purpose of passing judgment on their scruples.

Must Brother go to law with Brother, and that, too, before unbelievers?

It is, then, on Christ's behalf that we are acting as ambassadors, God, as it were, appealing to you through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf--Be reconciled to God.

And now, brothers, good-bye. Aim at perfection; take courage; agree together; live in peace. And then God, the source of all love and peace, will be with you.

But the fruit produced by the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindliness, generosity, trustfulness, gentleness, self-control.

I urge you, then--I who am a prisoner in the Master's cause-- to live lives worthy of the Call that you have received;

If, then, any encouragement comes through union with Christ, if there is any persuasive power in love, if there is any communion with the Spirit, if there is any tenderness or pity,

I entreat Euodia, and I entreat Syntyche, to live in harmony, in union with the Lord;

Bearing with one another, and, when there is any ground for complaint, forgiving one another freely. As the Master freely forgave you, so you must forgive one another.

Flee from the passions of youth, but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, in the company of those who, with a pure heart, invoke the Lord.

Try earnestly to live at peace with every one, and to attain to that purity without which no one will see the Lord.

Mark this, my dear Brothers--Let every one be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry;

For, where envy and rivalry exist, there you will also find disorder and all kinds of base actions.

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That you may become Sons of your Father who is in Heaven; for he causes his sun to rise upon bad and good alike, and sends rain upon the righteous and upon the unrighteous.

But love your enemies, and show them kindness, and lend to them, never despairing. Then your reward shall be great, and you shall be Sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the thankless and the bad.

Nor indeed can they die again, for they are like angels and, having shared in the resurrection, they are God's Sons.

Therefore imitate God, as his dear children,

So as to prove yourselves blameless and innocent-- 'faultless children of God, in the midst of an evil-disposed and perverse generation,' in which you are seen shining like stars in a dark world,

Be like obedient children; do not let your lives be shaped by the passions which once swayed you in the days of your ignorance,

General references

If it is possible, as far as rests with you, live peaceably with every one.