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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1 Peter 1:14

General references

Romans 12:18

Bible References

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and David goeth out before them, and answereth and saith to them, 'If for peace ye have come in unto me, to help me, I have a heart to unite with you; and if to betray me to mine adversaries -- without violence in my hands -- the God of our fathers doth see and reprove.'

Who is the man that is desiring life? Loving days to see good?

Too much hath my soul dwelt with him who is hating peace.

Ask ye the peace of Jerusalem, At rest are those loving thee.

'On the succeeding day, also, he shewed himself to them as they are striving, and urged them to peace, saying, Men, brethren are ye, wherefore do ye injustice to one another?

If possible -- so far as in you -- with all men being in peace;

And him who is weak in the faith receive ye -- not to determinations of reasonings;

but brother with brother doth go to be judged, and this before unbelievers!

in behalf of Christ, then, we are ambassadors, as if God were calling through us, we beseech, in behalf of Christ, 'Be ye reconciled to God;'

Henceforth, brethren, rejoice; be made perfect, be comforted, be of the same mind, be at peace, and the God of the love and peace shall be with you;

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

Call upon you, then, do I -- the prisoner of the Lord -- to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called,

If, then, any exhortation is in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

Euodia I exhort, and Syntyche I exhort, to be of the same mind in the Lord;

forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any one with any one may have a quarrel, as also the Christ did forgive you -- so also ye;

and the youthful lusts flee thou, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those calling upon the Lord out of a pure heart;

peace pursue with all, and the separation, apart from which no one shall see the Lord,

So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,

for where zeal and rivalry are, there is insurrection and every evil matter;

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that ye may be sons of your Father in the heavens, because His sun He doth cause to rise on evil and good, and He doth send rain on righteous and unrighteous.

I -- I have said, 'Gods ye are, And sons of the Most High -- all of you,

'But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward will be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest, because He is kind unto the ungracious and evil;

for neither are they able to die any more -- for they are like messengers -- and they are sons of God, being sons of the rising again.

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved,

that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God, unblemished in the midst of a generation crooked and perverse, among whom ye do appear as luminaries in the world,

as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves to the former desires in your ignorance,

General references

If possible -- so far as in you -- with all men being in peace;