hebrews-12:14

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 12:14

‘Follow after (‘pursue’) peace with all, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord.’ Some see this as meaning ‘all men’ as in Romans 12:18, but the context rather suggests it means all their fellow Christians with whom at present they are not perhaps fully at peace because of their Judaistic tendencies. They should seek to be aligned with them in their beliefs and hopes. But whichever way it is, ‘Blessed are the peacemakers for the they will be called the children of God’... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 12:14-17

Hebrews 12:14-Esther : . As the community is to bear up bravely under persecution, so it is to watch carefully over the purity of its own life. There must be no strife or dissension; above all, there must be moral consecration, for without this it is impossible to hold fellowship with Christ ( Hebrews 12:14) . The church must therefore keep anxious guard over its members, and make sure that each one of them lives up to his Christian profession. Even a single unworthy member may be like a... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Hebrews 12:14

Here begins the second head of counsel in this chapter. That seeing the gospel church Officer, the great Reconciler of sinners to, and Sanctifier of them for, God, was fully revealed to them, it did now concern them to promote peace with men, and perfect holiness towards God: this is pursued to the end of the chapter. Follow peace with all men: διωκετε imports such a fierce, unwearied, unsatisfied pursuit, as persecutors make after the innocent servants of Christ, till they have their purposes... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Hebrews 12:9-17

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESHebrews 12:9. Father of spirits.—See Numbers 16:22; Numbers 27:16; Zechariah 12:1. “The Creator of all spirits, who is the Giver of life to all, who knows the spirit which He has made, and can discipline it by chastening.”Hebrews 12:12. Lift up the hands.—Lit. “straighten out the relaxed hands and the palsied knees” (Isaiah 35:3).Hebrews 12:15. Root of bitterness.—See Deuteronomy 29:18.Hebrews 12:16. Fornicator.—The Scriptures do not thus describe Esau. Farrar... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Hebrews 12:14

Hebrews 12:14 The Peaceful Temper. There are many particular duties in which Christianity and worldly wisdom meet, both recommending the same course. One of these is the duty mentioned in the text, viz., that of being at peace with others. The reason which worldly prudence suggests is the quiet and happiness of life, which are interfered with by relations of enmity to others. The reason which religion gives is the duty of brotherly love, of which the peaceful disposition is a part. But the... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Hebrews 12:14-18

Hebrews 12:14-18 Peace and Holiness. The two exhortations to follow peace with all men and that holiness without which none can see the Lord comprise the whole Christian life. I. The characteristic feature of the Church ought to be the spirit of peace. Christians are faithful to God, and to His truth; their testimony is against sin and unbelief in the world, against hypocrisy and unfaithfulness in the Church; but as love is their life element, so peace is their characteristic. If God's peace is... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Hebrews 12:14

DISCOURSE: 2337THE NECESSITY OF HOLINESSHebrews 12:14. Follow.…holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord.THE Gospel, while it brings us into a state of reconciliation with God, enjoins us to maintain peace with man. This is rendered difficult, not only by the evil dispositions that are exercised on account of daily occurrences, but more especially by the enmity which subsists in the hearts of the generality with respect to religion; in reference to which our Lord himself said, “I come... read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Hebrews 12:14

Holiness Demanded A Sermon (No. 2902) Published on Thursday, September 22nd, 1904. Delivered by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. On a Lord's-day Evening, in 1862. "Holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord."-- Hebrews 12:14 ONE feels most happy when blowing the trumpet of jubilee, proclaiming peace to broken hearts, freedom to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound. But God's watchman has another trumpet, which he must sometimes... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Hebrews 12:1-29

Shall we turn now to Hebrews, chapter 12.Wherefore, seeing we are also compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses ( Hebrews 12:1 ),What this does not mean is that the Old Testament saints, which are spoken of in chapter 11, are sitting there in heaven watching the activities on the earth. It doesn't mean that they are just watching us to see how we are going to react and respond and we've got this big gallery up here of Old Testament saints. It does mean that their life of faith and... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 12:1-29

Hebrews 12:1 . Wherefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses. Confessors and martyrs of the ancient church are here supposed to be the spectators of our course, and we are here called upon to follow these veterans of the faith. Their number is such that they are said to be a cloud, like the assembled multitudes seen on special occasions to witness some extraordinary spectacle. Nor is it the celestial host only that are interested in this contest; we are... read more