“Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:”
Pursue (dioko) peace with everyone, and the holiness (hagiotes) without which no one will see the Lord — pursue peace (eirēnē) and holiness; they are not optional but constitutive for vision of God. See the Lord (horaō kyrios) requires sanctification.
Church Fathers on Hebrews 12:14
“Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord.” What he also said above, “Not forsaking the assembling of yourselves together” Hebrews 10:25, he hints at in this place also. For nothing so especially makes persons easily vanquished and subdued in temptations, as isolation. For, tell me, scatter a phalanx in war, and the enemy will need no trouble, but will take them prisoners, coming on them separately, and thereby the more…
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