Matthew 5:9
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9 “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.(A)
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Hebrews 12:14
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Warnings against Rejecting God’s Grace
14 Pursue peace with everyone and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
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James 3:16-18
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16 For where there is envy and selfish ambition, there will also be disorder and wickedness of every kind.(A) 17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy.(B) 18 And the fruit of righteousness[a] is sown in peace by those who make peace.(C)
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Romans 12:18
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18 If it is possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.(A)
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Psalm 120:6
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6 Too long have I had my dwelling
among those who hate peace.
Galatians 5:22
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The Fruit of the Spirit
22 By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness,(A)
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Luke 6:35
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35 Instead, love your enemies, do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return.[a] Your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked.(A)
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Romans 8:14
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14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.(A)
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Romans 14:17-19
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17 For the kingdom of God is not food and drink but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.(A) 18 The one who serves Christ in this way is acceptable to God and has human approval.(B) 19 Let us then pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.(C)
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Ephesians 5:1-2
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Colossians 3:13
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13 Bear with one another and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive each other; just as the Lord[a] has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.
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- 3.13 Other ancient authorities read just as Christ
James 1:19-20
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Hearing and Doing the Word
19 You must understand this, my beloved brothers and sisters: let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger,(A) 20 for human anger does not produce God’s righteousness.[a]
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2 Timothy 2:22-24
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22 Shun youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.(A) 23 Have nothing to do with stupid and senseless controversies; you know that they breed quarrels.(B) 24 And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but kindly to everyone, an apt teacher, patient,(C)
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2 Corinthians 13:11
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Final Greetings and Benediction
11 Finally, brothers and sisters, farewell.[a] Be restored; listen to my appeal;[b] agree with one another; live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.(A)
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Romans 14:1-7
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Do Not Judge Another
14 Welcome those who are weak in faith[a] but not for the purpose of quarreling over opinions.(A) 2 Some believe in eating anything, while the weak eat only vegetables.(B) 3 Those who eat must not despise those who abstain, and those who abstain must not pass judgment on those who eat, for God has welcomed them. 4 Who are you to pass judgment on slaves of another? It is before their own lord that they stand or fall. And they will be upheld, for the Lord[b] is able to make them stand.
5 Some judge one day to be better than another, while others judge all days to be alike. Let all be fully convinced in their own minds. 6 Those who observe the day, observe it for the Lord. Also those who eat, eat for the Lord, since they give thanks to God, while those who abstain, abstain for the Lord and give thanks to God.(C)
7 For we do not live to ourselves, and we do not die to ourselves.(D)
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Psalm 82:6-7
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6 I say, “You are gods,
children of the Most High, all of you;(A)
7 nevertheless, you shall die like mortals
and fall like any prince.”[a](B)
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Matthew 5:45
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45 so that you may be children of your Father in heaven, for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good and sends rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous.(A)
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Psalm 122:6-8
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6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
“May they prosper who love you.(A)
7 Peace be within your walls
and security within your towers.”
8 For the sake of my relatives and friends
I will say, “Peace be within you.”
Philippians 2:1-3
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Imitating Christ’s Humility
2 If, then, there is any comfort in Christ, any consolation from love, any partnership in the Spirit, any tender affection and sympathy,(A) 2 make my joy complete: be of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.(B) 3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or empty conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves.(C)
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1 Peter 1:14-16
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14 Like obedient children, do not be conformed to the desires that you formerly had in ignorance. 15 Instead, as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in all your conduct,(A) 16 for it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”(B)
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Philippians 2:15-16
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15 so that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine like stars in the world,(A) 16 holding forth the word of life so that I can boast on the day of Christ that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.(B)
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Psalm 34:12
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12 Which of you desires life
and covets many days to enjoy good?(A)
2 Corinthians 5:20
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20 So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of Christ: be reconciled to God.(A)
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Acts 7:26
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26 The next day he came to some of them as they were quarreling and tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers; why do you wrong each other?’
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Matthew 5:48
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48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.(A)
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