Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
Men are born pursuing their own interest, indifferent to peace; we must strive hard to keep it, forgetting many offenses and bearing with one another. Peace cannot be maintained with the ungodly without approving their vices, so the Apostle joins holiness to peace, not chastity alone, but universal purity of heart and life, without which no one shall see the Lord.
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Follow peace with all [men], and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: (9) We must live in peace and holiness with all men.
Make war with sin and corrupt desires, never with men, even your persecutors. Pursue holiness as your life's great aim, not revenge. To see the Lord means to dwell with Him in glory, and no one has ever entered heaven in his sins, nor should we wish it.
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