11Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-15)The apostle here passes from special to more general exhortations. I. He teaches us how Christians and friends should treat one another. He advises Christians to be all of one mind , to be unanimous in the belief of the same faith, and the practice of the same duties of religion; and, whereas the Christians at that time were many of them in a suffering condition, he charges them to have compassion…
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