What does the Bible say about how to make peace?
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The Bible teaches that believers are to pursue peace with God and with others, trusting that true peace is found in Christ and shaped by holiness, truth, humility, and love. Jesus calls His people peacemakers in Matthew 5:9, while Romans 12:18 urges them, so far as it depends on them, to live peaceably with all. Psalm 34:14 and Hebrews 12:14 command Christians to turn from evil, do good, and seek peace earnestly. Yet peace is not mere avoidance of conflict or compromise with sin. Christ Himself is our peace, reconciling sinners to God and one another through His cross, as Ephesians 2:14 teaches. Therefore believers should forgive, pursue mutual upbuilding, and rest in Christ's peace (Romans 14:19; John 14:27).
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- Romans 12:18
If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.
- Hebrews 12:14
Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,
- Matthew 5:9
Blessed are the peacemakers, For they shall be called children of God.
- John 14:27
Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don't let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.
- Psalms 34:14
Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it.
- 1 John 4:16
We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.
- Romans 14:19
So then, let us follow after things which make for peace, and things by which we may build one another up.
- Hebrews 13:20-21
[20] Now may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus, [21] make you complete in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
- 1 Peter 1:23
having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.
- Ephesians 2:14
For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of partition,
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