Romans 12:18 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁸If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.

Romans 12:18 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hebrews 12:14
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
Romans 14:19
Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
Matthew 5:9
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
2 Corinthians 13:11
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.
James 3:16-18
For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. …

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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, Ge…

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

(vv. 18)

18. If it be possible--that is, If others will let you. as much as lieth in you--or, “dependeth on you.” live peaceably--or, “be at peace.” with all men--The impossibility of this in some cases is hinted at, to keep up the hearts of those who, having done their best unsuccessfully to live in peace, might be tempted to think the failure was necessarily owing to themselves. But how emphatically expr…