“ Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. ”
Blessed are the peacemakers - Those who strive to prevent contention, strife, and war; who use their influence to reconcile opposing parties, and to prevent lawsuits and hostilities in families a...
The Beatitudes ( cf. Luke 6:20-23 ). These nine sayings (eight if we reckon Matthew 5:10-12 as one, or regard Matthew 5:11 f. as having originally stood elsewhere; seven if we omit Matthew 5...
peacemakers. Compare Psalms 133:1 . Greek. eirenopoios. Occurs only here. children . sons. Greek. huios.
9. Happy are the peacemakers By peacemakers he means those who not only seek peace and avoid quarrels, as far as lies in their power, but who also labor to settle differences among others...
DISCOURSE: 1293 THE PEACE-MAKERS Matthew 5:9 . Blessed are the peace-makers: for they shall be called the children of God . RELIGION is altogether a practical thing: it has its foundation indee...
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. The peace-makers - Ειρηνη, peace, is compounded of ειρειν (εις) ἑν, connecting into one: for as War distracts and divides...
Blessed are the peace-makers— Blessed are the peaceable, for they shall become the children of God. With respect to the term peaceable or peace-makers [ειρηνοποιοι], it is to be noted, that i...
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are the peacemakers, х eireenopoioi ( G1518 ) = yow`ªtseey ( H3289 ) shaalowm ( H7965 ), Prov...
The Beatitudes . Properly speaking, the beatitudes are seven in number, Matthew 5:10-11 ; Matthew 5:12 , forming an appendix. These three vv. being counted in, the number of beatitudes is raised,...
The peacemakers. — Our version rightly distinguishes between the temper which is simply “peaceable” in itself ( James 3:17 ), and this, the higher form of the same grace, acting energetically upon...
Chapter 7 The Gospel of the Kingdom ("Sermon on the Mount") - Matthew 5:1-48 ; Matthew 6:1-34 ; Matthew 7:1-29 IT may seem almost heresy to object to the time-honoured title "Sermon on the M...
Opening Words of Grace and Truth Matthew 5:1-9 There are many doors into the life of blessedness. It does not depend on outward possessions, such as worldly goods or high birth. There is no sou...
In the three Chapter s beginning here we have the Magna Charta of the Kingdom. This chapter opens with a great revelation of its supreme condition. Character is everything. The first word is suggesti...
PEACE AND PEACEMAKERS ‘Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.’ Matthew 5:9 The Lord Jesus is the ‘Prince of Peace,’ because wherever He comes He makes peo...
Blessed are the peace makers ,.... Not between God and man, for no man can make his own peace with God; nor can any mere creature, angels, or men, make it for him; Christ, in this sense, is the only...
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. Ver. 9. Blessed are the peacemakers ] There are those who, like salamanders, live always in the fire, and, like trouts...
The peace-makers Those who are themselves of a peaceable temper, and endeavour to promote peace in others: who study to be quiet , and, as much as in them lieth , to live peaceably with all men:...
From every direction He attracted followers, Galilee mentioned first, but also Decapolis beyond the sea of Galilee, Jerusalem and Judea, and east of Jordan. No doubt their motives for following Him w...
The Sermon on the Mount. 3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 Blessed are they that mourn...
The world blesseth the boisterous, unquiet party of it, that can never be still, but are continually thinking of more worlds to conquer, and blowing up the coals of war, division, and sedition: but t...
God Has Already Blessed His True People By Producing In Them A Right Attitude of Heart, And An Indication Of The Blessings Both Present and Future That Will Result from It (5:3-9). As we consider...
CRITICAL NOTES GENERAL REMARKS ON THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT The aim and contents of the “ Sermon .”—No mere sermon is this, only distinguished from others of its class by its reach and sweep and...
Matthew 5:1-10 I. The Beatitudes open that discourse which, whatever may be the difficulties of particular parts of it, has always been recognized as the most important part of the New Testament....
Matthew 5:1 . And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: For convenience, and quietude, and to be out of the way of traffic, he went up into a mountain. Elevated doctrines would seem...
Matthew 5:1 . Seeing the multitudes, assembled from six provinces to see and to hear the great, the promised prophet, who had opened his ministry with glorious miracles. But our Saviour looked upo...
The peacemakers. Peacemakers I. How great a blessing is peace. 1. It is the preserver of life. 2. It is the preserver of prosperity. 3. It is the preserver of happiness. 4. They are...
EXPOSITION Matthew 5:1 And seeing the multitudes ; i.e. those spoken of in Matthew 4:25 —the multitudes who were at that point of time following him. He went up . From the lower groun...
A third positive Christian virtue, reflecting the perfection of Christ Himself: Blessed are the peacemakers; for they shall be called the children of God. The disciples of Jesus are children of peac...
1 Chronicles 12:17 ; 1 Corinthians 6:6 ; 1 Peter 1:14-16 ; 2 Corinthians 13:11 ; 2 Corinthians 5:20 ; 2 Timothy 2:22-24 ; Acts 7:26 ; Colossians 3:13 ; Ephesians 4:1 ; Ephesians 5:1 ; Ephe...
The Sermon on the Mount Matthew 5:1-42 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The key to the Sermon on the Mount is found in Matthew 4:23 : "preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom." Before the Lord sat a great...
The peace makers — They that out of love to God and man do all possible good to all men. Peace in the Scripture sense implies all blessings temporal and eternal. They shall be called the children o...