18If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
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Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-21)We may observe here, according to the scheme mentioned in the contents, the apostle’s exhortations, I. Concerning our duty to God, We see what is godliness. 1. It is to surrender ourselves to God, and so to lay a good foundation. We must first give our own selves unto the Lord, 2 Cor. 8:5. This is here pressed as the spring of all duty and obedience, Rom. 12:1 , 2 . Man consists of body and soul,…
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