how to make peace
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18If it is possible, in so far as you are able, be at peace with all men.
14Pursue peace with everyone. Pursue sanctity, without which no one shall see God.
9Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
27Peace I leave for you; my Peace I give to you. Not in the way that the world gives, do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, and let it not fear.
15Turn away from evil, and do good. Inquire about peace, and pursue it.
16And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love. And he who abides in love, abides in God, and God in him.
19And so, let us pursue the things that are of peace, and let us keep to the things that are for the edification of one another.
20Then may the God of peace, who led back from the dead that great Pastor of sheep, our Lord Jesus Christ, with the blood of the eternal testament, 21equip you with all goodness, so that you may do his will. May he accomplish in you whatever is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom is glory forever and ever. Amen.
23For you have been born again, not from corruptible seed, but from what is incorruptible, from the Word of God, living and remaining for all eternity.
14For he is our peace. He made the two into one, by dissolving the intermediate wall of separation, of opposition, by his flesh,
18And so the fruit of justice is sown in peace by those who make peace.
33These things I have spoken to you, so that you may have peace in me. In the world, you will have difficulties. But have confidence: I have overcome the world.”
6For unto us a child is born, and unto us a son is given. And leadership is placed upon his shoulder. And his name shall be called: wonderful Counselor, mighty God, father of the future age, Prince of Peace.
28And we know that, for those who love God, all things work together unto good, for those who, in accordance with his purpose, are called to be saints.