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If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.
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Your Part of the Peace Equation
Commentators unanimously highlight the phrases "If it be possible" and "as much as in you lieth." This means you are responsible for your own actions and attitude, not for the final outcome. Your duty is to actively pursue peace and refuse to start quarrels. If conflict still occurs, you can have confidence that you have fulfilled your part of the command.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
If it be possible. If it can be done. This expression implies that it could not always be done. Still, it should be an object of desire, a…
As much as in you lieth (το εξ υμων). Accusative of general reference, "so far as what proceeds from you" ("the from you part"). S…
19th Century
Anglican
The Christian can only be responsible for himself. So far as he is concerned, he is to do his best to maintain peace. The history of St. Paul himse…
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Paul takes his stand alongside believers by giving them explicit counsel about how to face the hostile world. “Do not repay evil for evil” (v.17), …
16th Century
Protestant
If it be possible, etc. Peaceableness, and a life so ordered as to make us beloved by all, is no common gift in a Christian. If we desire …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably, &c.] Or be at peace, seek after peace, pursue it, and cultiva…
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Since people became enemies to God, they have been very ready to be enemies to one another. And those who embrace religion must expect to meet with…
13th Century
Catholic
Previously, the Apostle showed that charity should be practiced toward the needy; now he shows how it should be practiced even toward ene…
