Hebrews 12:14

World English Bible (2000)

Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will 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 Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
• 1 Pet 1:15-16 : 15 but just as he who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all of your behavior; 16 because it is written, "You shall be holy; for I am holy."
• 1 Pet 3:11 : 11 Let him turn away from evil, and do good. Let him seek peace, and pursue it.
• 3 John 1:11 : 11 Beloved, don't imitate that which is evil, but that which is good. He who does good is of God. He who does evil hasn't seen God.
• Rom 14:19 : 19 So then, let us follow after things which make for peace, and things by which we may build one another up.
• 1 Thess 4:7 : 7 For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.
• Rom 6:22 : 22 But now, being made free from sin, and having become servants of God, you have your fruit of sanctification, and the result of eternal life.
• Eph 5:5 : 5 Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral person, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God.
• Rev 22:11-15 : 11 He who acts unjustly, let him act unjustly still. He who is filthy, let him be filthy still. He who is righteous, let him do righteousness still. He who is holy, let him be holy still." 12 "Behold, I come quickly. My reward is with me, to repay to each man according to his work. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. 14 Blessed are those who do his commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city. 15 Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
• Rev 22:3-4 : 3 There will be no curse any more. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants serve him. 4 They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.
• 1 Pet 3:13 : 13 Now who is he who will harm you, if you become imitators of that which is good?
• 2 Pet 3:11 : 11 Therefore since all these things will be destroyed like this, what kind of people ought you to be in holy living and godliness,
• 1 Tim 6:11 : 11 But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, and gentleness.
• Heb 12:10 : 10 For they indeed, for a few days, punished us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.
• Rom 12:18 : 18 If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.
• Isa 51:1 : 1 "Listen to me, you who follow after righteousness, you who seek Yahweh: look to the rock you were cut from, and to the hold of the pit you were dug from.
• Matt 5:8-9 : 8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. 9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.
• Mark 9:50 : 50 Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another."
• Job 19:26 : 26 After my skin is destroyed, then in my flesh shall I see God,
• Job 33:26 : 26 He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, so that he sees his face with joy. He restores to man his righteousness.
• Ps 34:14 : 14 Depart from evil, and do good. seek peace, and pursue it.
• Ps 38:20 : 20 They who also render evil for good are adversaries to me, because I follow what is good.
• Ps 94:15 : 15 For judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.
• Ps 120:6 : 6 My soul has had her dwelling too long with him who hates peace.
• Ps 133:1 : 1 See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity!
• Prov 15:1 : 1 A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
• Prov 16:7 : 7 When a man's ways please Yahweh, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
• Prov 17:14 : 14 The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.
• Isa 11:6-9 : 6 The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the young goat; The calf, the young lion, and the fattened calf together; and a little child will lead them. 7 The cow and the bear will graze. Their young ones will lie down together. The lion will eat straw like the ox. 8 The nursing child will play near a cobra's hole, and the weaned child will put his hand on the viper's den. 9 They will not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth will be full of the knowledge of Yahweh, as the waters cover the sea.
• Luke 1:75 : 75 In holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life.
• Gen 13:7-9 : 7 There was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite lived in the land at that time. 8 Abram said to Lot, "Please, let there be no strife between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are relatives. 9 Isn't the whole land before you? Please separate yourself from me. If you go to the left hand, then I will go to the right. Or if you go to the right hand, then I will go to the left."
• Gen 32:30 : 30 Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, he said, "I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved."
• Jas 3:17-18 : 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. 18 Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
• 2 Tim 2:22 : 22 Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
• Phil 3:12 : 12 Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, if it is so that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.
• 1 Thess 3:13 : 13 to the end he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
• 1 Thess 5:15 : 15 See that no one returns evil for evil to anyone, but always follow after that which is good, for one another, and for all.
• 1 Cor 1:10 : 10 Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
• 1 Cor 13:12 : 12 For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I was also fully known.
• 2 Cor 6:17 : 17 Therefore, "'Come out from among them, and be separate,' says the Lord. 'Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you.
• Gal 3:21 : 21 Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could make alive, most certainly righteousness would have been of the law.
• Gal 5:22-23 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, 23 gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
• Eph 4:1-8 : 1 I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called, 2 with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love; 3 being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in us all. 7 But to each one of us was the grace given according to the measure of the gift of Christ. 8 Therefore he says, "When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men."
• 2 Pet 3:18 : 18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.
• 1 John 3:2-3 : 2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. But we know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is. 3 Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.
• Rev 21:24-27 : 24 The nations will walk in its light. The kings of the earth bring the glory and honor of the nations into it. 25 Its gates will in no way be shut by day (for there will be no night there), 26 and they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it so that they may enter. 27 There will in no way enter into it anything profane, or one who causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.