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The way of peace, they haven`t known."
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The Threefold Absence of Peace
Commentators explain that humanity's ignorance of 'the way of peace' is comprehensive. It includes a lack of spiritual peace with God, a lack of internal peace of conscience, and a lack of relational peace with others. As scholar John Gill notes, people are naturally ignorant of the true source of peace—Christ—and instead leave a 'trail of woe and destruction' in their selfish pursuits.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And the way of peace, etc. What tends to promote their own happiness, or that of others, they do not regard. Intent on their plans of evil…
The way of peace (οδον ειρηνης). Wherever they go they leave a trail of woe and destruction (Denney).
19th Century
Baptist
There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable…
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However, there is another argument waiting to be brought into play to seal the verdict. It is the testimony of Scripture. Writing to those who were…
16th Century
Protestant
It follows, The way of peace they have not known: they are so habituated to plunders, acts of violence and wrong, to savageness and cruelt…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the way of peace have they not known . ] This is a citation front (Isaiah 59:8) , and expresses the ignorance …
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It is shown here again that all humankind are under the guilt of sin as a burden; and under the government and dominion of sin, enslaved by it to d…
13th Century
Catholic
After showing the Jews’ advantage over the Gentiles regarding God’s blessings, the Apostle now rejects their vainglory, by which they set…
