Hebrews 12:14 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁴Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

Hebrews 12:14 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 7:1
Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
1 Peter 1:15-16
But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; …
1 Thessalonians 4:7
For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
Matthew 5:8-9
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. …
1 Peter 3:11
Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 4-17)

Here the apostle presses the exhortation to patience and perseverance by an argument taken from the gentle measure and gracious nature of those sufferings which the believing Hebrews endured in their Christian course. I. From the gentle and moderate degree and measure of their sufferings: You have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin, Heb. 12:4. Observe, 1. He owns that they had suffe…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 14)

14. follow peace with all men--with the brethren especially (Ro 14:19), that so the “lame” among them be not “turned out of the way” (He 12:13), and that no one of them “fail of the grace of God” (He 12:15). holiness--a distinct Greek word from God’s “holiness” (He 12:10). Translate here “sanctification.” His is absolute holiness: our part is to put on His holiness, becoming “holy as He is holy,”…