If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.
Parallel translations
- KJV If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
- BSB If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone.
- NKJV If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men.
- NASB If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all people.
- NLT Do all that you can to live in peace with everyone.
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- Heb 12:14Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,
- Matt 5:9Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.
- Rom 14:19So then, let us follow after things which make for peace, and things by which we may build one another up.
- 2 Cor 13:11Finally, brothers, rejoice. Be perfected, be comforted, be of the same mind, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.
- Jas 3:16–18For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.
- Gal 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,
- Mark 9:50Salt 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.”
- Prov 12:20Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but joy comes to the promoters of peace.
- 1 Pet 3:11Let him turn away from evil, and do good. Let him seek peace, and pursue it.
- 2 Tim 2:22Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
- Ps 34:14Depart from evil, and do good. seek peace, and pursue it.
- Rom 14:17for God’s Kingdom is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
- Eph 4:3being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
- Col 3:14–15Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.
- 1 Th 5:13and to respect and honor them in love for their work’s sake. Be at peace among yourselves.
- Matt 5:5Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.
- Ps 120:5–7Woe is me, that I live in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
- 1 Cor 7:15Yet if the unbeliever departs, let there be separation. The brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called us in peace.
- 2 Sam 20:19I am among those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why will you swallow up Yahweh’s inheritance?”
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