Hebrews 12:14

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Let your desire be for peace with all men, and to be made holy, without which no man may see the Lord;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἰρήνην διώκετε μετὰ πάντων, καὶ τὸν ἁγιασμόν, οὗ χωρὶς οὐδεὶς ὄψεται τὸν Κύριον:

Transliteration

Eirēnēn diōkete with all, and the hagiasmon, which without oudeis opsetai the Kyrion:

Grammar Details

• *Eirēnēn*: noun, accusative, singular, feminine - peace
• *diōkete*: verb, present active imperative, 2nd person plural - pursue/follow after
• *hagiasmon*: noun, accusative, singular, masculine - holiness/sanctification
• *oudeis*: pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine - no one
• *opsetai*: verb, future middle indicative, 3rd person singular - will see
• *Kyrion*: noun, accusative, singular, masculine - Lord

Word Meanings

• *diōkete*: pursue/follow after/strive for/seek after
• *hagiasmon*: holiness/sanctification/consecration/purity

Referenced Verses

• 2 Cor 7:1 : 1 Because God, then, will give us such rewards, dear brothers, let us make ourselves clean from all evil of flesh and spirit, and become completely holy in the fear of God.
• 1 Pet 1:15-16 : 15 But be holy in every detail of your lives, as he, whose servants you are, is holy; 16 Because it has been said in the Writings, You are to be holy, for I am holy.
• 1 Pet 3:11 : 11 And let him be turned from evil and do good; searching for peace and going after it with all his heart.
• 3 John 1:11 : 11 My loved one, do not be copying what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God: he who does evil has not seen God.
• Rom 14:19 : 19 So then, let us go after the things which make peace, and the things by which we may be a help to one another.
• 1 Thess 4:7 : 7 Because it is God's purpose that our way of life may be not unclean but holy.
• Rom 6:22 : 22 But now, being free from sin, and having been made servants to God, you have your fruit in that which is holy, and the end is eternal life.
• Eph 5:5 : 5 Being certain of this, that no man who gives way to the passions of the flesh, no unclean person, or one who has desire for the property of others, or who gives worship to images, has any heritage in the kingdom of Christ and God.
• Rev 22:11-15 : 11 Let the evil man go on in his evil: and let the unclean be still unclean: and let the upright go on in his righteousness: and let the holy be holy still. 12 See, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give to every man the outcome of his works. 13 I am the First and the Last, the start and the end. 14 A blessing on those whose robes are washed, so that they may have a right to the tree of life, and may go in by the doors into the town. 15 Outside are the dogs, and those who make use of evil powers, those who make themselves unclean, and the takers of life, and those who give worship to images, and everyone whose delight is in what is false.
• Rev 22:3-4 : 3 And there will be no more curse: and the high seat of God and of the Lamb will be there; and his servants will be worshipping him; 4 And they will see his face; and his name will be on their brows.
• 1 Pet 3:13 : 13 Who will do you any damage if you keep your minds fixed on what is good?
• 2 Pet 3:11 : 11 Seeing then that all these things are coming to such an end, what sort of persons is it right for you to be, in all holy behaviour and righteousness,
• 1 Tim 6:11 : 11 But you, O man of God, keep yourself from these things, and go after righteousness, religion, faith, love, a quiet mind, gentle behaviour.
• Heb 12:10 : 10 For they truly gave us punishment for a short time, as it seemed good to them; but he does it for our profit, so that we may become holy as he is.
• Rom 12:18 : 18 As far as it is possible for you be at peace with all men.
• Isa 51:1 : 1 Give ear to me, you who are searching for righteousness, who are looking for the Lord: see the rock from which you were cut out, and the hole out of which you were taken.
• Matt 5:8-9 : 8 Happy are the clean in heart: for they will see God. 9 Happy are the peacemakers: for they will be named sons of God.
• Mark 9:50 : 50 Salt is good; but if the taste goes from it, how will you make it salt again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another.
• Job 19:26 : 26 And ... without my flesh I will see God;
• Job 33:26 : 26 He makes his prayer to God, and he has mercy on him; he sees God's face with cries of joy; he gives news of his righteousness to men;
• Ps 34:14 : 14 Be turned from evil, and do good; make a search for peace, desiring it with all your heart.
• Ps 38:20 : 20 They give me back evil for good; they are my haters because I go after the thing which is right.
• Ps 94:15 : 15 But decisions will again be made in righteousness; and they will be kept by all whose hearts are true.
• Ps 120:6 : 6 My soul has long been living with the haters of peace.
• Ps 133:1 : 1 <A Song of the going up. Of David.> See how good and how pleasing it is for brothers to be living together in harmony!
• Prov 15:1 : 1 By a soft answer wrath is turned away, but a bitter word is a cause of angry feelings.
• Prov 16:7 : 7 When a man's ways are pleasing to the Lord, he makes even his haters be at peace with him.
• Prov 17:14 : 14 The start of fighting is like the letting out of water: so give up before it comes to blows.
• Isa 11:6-9 : 6 And the wolf will be living with the lamb, and the leopard will take his rest with the young goat; and the lion will take grass for food like the ox; and the young lion will go with the young ones of the herd; and a little child will be their guide. 7 And the cow and the bear will be friends while their young ones are sleeping together. 8 And the child at the breast will be playing by the hole of the snake, and the older child will put his hand on the bright eye of the poison-snake. 9 There will be no cause of pain or destruction in all my holy mountain: for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the sea is covered by the waters.
• Luke 1:75 : 75 In righteousness and holy living before him all our days.
• Gen 13:7-9 : 7 And there was an argument between the keepers of Abram's cattle and the keepers of Lot's cattle: at that time the Canaanites and Perizzites were still living in the land. 8 Then Abram said to Lot, Let there be no argument between me and you, and between my herdmen and your herdmen, for we are brothers. 9 Is not all the land before you? then let us go our separate ways: if you go to the left, I will go to the right; or if you take the right, I will go to the left.
• Gen 32:30 : 30 And Jacob gave that place the name of Peniel, saying, I have seen God face to face, and still I am living.
• Jas 3:17-18 : 17 But the wisdom which is from heaven is first holy, then gentle, readily giving way in argument, full of peace and mercy and good works, not doubting, not seeming other than it is. 18 And the fruit of righteousness is planted in peace for those who make peace.
• 2 Tim 2:22 : 22 But keep yourself from those desires of the flesh which are strong when the body is young, and go after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those whose prayers go up to the Lord from a clean heart.
• Phil 3:12 : 12 Not as if I had even now got the reward or been made complete: but I go on in the hope that I may come to the knowledge of that for which I was made the servant of Christ Jesus.
• 1 Thess 3:13 : 13 So that your hearts may be strong and free from all sin before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
• 1 Thess 5:15 : 15 Let no one give evil for evil; but ever go after what is good, for one another and for all.
• 1 Cor 1:10 : 10 Now I make request to you, my brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you will all say the same thing, and that there may be no divisions among you, so that you may be in complete agreement, in the same mind and in the same opinion.
• 1 Cor 13:12 : 12 For now we see things in a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now my knowledge is in part; then it will be complete, even as God's knowledge of me.
• 2 Cor 6:17 : 17 For which cause, Come out from among them, and be separate, says the Lord, and let no unclean thing come near you; and I will take you for myself,
• Gal 3:21 : 21 Is the law then against the words of God? in no way; because if there had been a law which was able to give life, truly righteousness would have been by the law.
• Gal 5:22-23 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, a quiet mind, kind acts, well-doing, faith, 23 Gentle behaviour, control over desires: against such there is no law.
• Eph 4:1-8 : 1 I then, the prisoner in the Lord, make this request from my heart, that you will see that your behaviour is a credit to the position which God's purpose has given you, 2 With all gentle and quiet behaviour, taking whatever comes, putting up with one another in love; 3 Taking care to keep the harmony of the Spirit in the yoke of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit, even as you have been marked out by God in the one hope of his purpose for you; 5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 One God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all. 7 But to every one of us has grace been given in the measure of the giving of Christ. 8 For this reason he says, He went up on high, taking his prisoners with him, and gave freely to men.
• 2 Pet 3:18 : 18 But be increased in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. May he have glory now and for ever. So be it.
• 1 John 3:2-3 : 2 My loved ones, now we are children of God, and at present it is not clear what we are to be. We are certain that at his revelation we will be like him; for we will see him as he is. 3 And everyone who has this hope in him makes himself holy, even as he is holy.
• Rev 21:24-27 : 24 And the nations will go in its light: and the kings of the earth will take their glory into it. 25 And the doors of it will never be shut by day (for there is no night there): 26 And the glory and honour of the nations will come into it: 27 And nothing unclean may come into it, or anyone whose works are cursed or false; but only those whose names are in the Lamb's book of life.