So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life is preserved.”
Hebrews 12:14 - New Revised Standard Version Pursue peace with everyone, and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Strive to live in peace with everybody and pursue that consecration and holiness without which no one will [ever] see the Lord. American Standard Version (1901) Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord: Common English Bible Pursue the goal of peace along with everyone—and holiness as well, because no one will see the Lord without it. Catholic Public Domain Version Pursue peace with everyone. Pursue sanctity, without which no one shall see God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Follow peace with all men, and holiness: without which no man shall see God. |
So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life is preserved.”
and after my skin has been thus destroyed, then in my flesh I shall see God,
Then he prays to God, and is accepted by him, he comes into his presence with joy, and God repays him for his righteousness.
How very good and pleasant it is when kindred live together in unity!
Those who render me evil for good are my adversaries because I follow after good.
for justice will return to the righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
When the ways of people please the Lord, he causes even their enemies to be at peace with them.
The beginning of strife is like letting out water; so stop before the quarrel breaks out.
Listen to me, you that pursue righteousness, you that seek the Lord. Look to the rock from which you were hewn, and to the quarry from which you were dug.
Salt is good; but if salt has lost its saltiness, how can you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”
If it is possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.
But now that you have been freed from sin and enslaved to God, the advantage you get is sanctification. The end is eternal life.
Now I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you be in agreement and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same purpose.
For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known.
Therefore come out from them, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch nothing unclean; then I will welcome you,
Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and of spirit, making holiness perfect in the fear of God.
Is the law then opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could make alive, then righteousness would indeed come through the law.
Be sure of this, that no fornicator or impure person, or one who is greedy (that is, an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
Not that I have already obtained this or have already reached the goal; but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.
And may he so strengthen your hearts in holiness that you may be blameless before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
See that none of you repays evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to all.
But as for you, man of God, shun all this; pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, gentleness.
Shun youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share his holiness.
so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.
let them turn away from evil and do good; let them seek peace and pursue it.
Since all these things are to be dissolved in this way, what sort of persons ought you to be in leading lives of holiness and godliness,
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
Beloved, do not imitate what is evil but imitate what is good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God.