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La Biblia Reina-Valera Gomez
San Mateo 5:9
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Bienaventurados los que procuran la paz, pues ellos serán llamados hijos de Dios.
Bienaventurados los pacificadores: porque ellos ser�n llamados hijos de Dios.
Bienaventurados los pacificadores; porque ellos ser�n llamados hijos de Dios.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
are: 1 Chronicles 12:17, Psalms 34:12, Psalms 120:6, Psalms 122:6-8, Acts 7:26, Romans 12:18, Romans 14:1-7, Romans 14:17-19, 1 Corinthians 6:6, 2 Corinthians 5:20, 2 Corinthians 13:11, Galatians 5:22, Ephesians 4:1, Philippians 2:1-3, Philippians 4:2, Colossians 3:13, 2 Timothy 2:22-24, Hebrews 12:14, James 1:19, James 1:20, James 3:16-18
for: Matthew 5:45, Matthew 5:48, Psalms 82:6, Psalms 82:7, Luke 6:35, Luke 20:36, Ephesians 5:1, Ephesians 5:2, Philippians 2:15, Philippians 2:16, 1 Peter 1:14-16
Reciprocal: Genesis 13:8 - Let Job 25:2 - he maketh Psalms 34:14 - seek Psalms 120:7 - for peace Proverbs 12:20 - but Proverbs 15:18 - he Zechariah 8:16 - execute the judgment of truth and peace Romans 14:19 - follow James 3:18 - the fruit 1 Peter 3:11 - seek
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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 peace maker: but between men and men; and such are they, who are of peaceable dispositions themselves; live peaceably with all men, and with one another, as their relation obliges to, and their mutual comfort requires; and with the men of the world; and who are ready, willing, and very serviceable, in composing differences, and making peace between their fellow creatures and fellow Christians. The Jews speak very highly, and much, in the commendation of peace making; they reckon this among the things which shall be of use to a man, both in this, and the other world.
"These are the things, (say they e,) the fruit of which a man enjoys in this world, and his lot or portion remains for him in the world to come; honouring father and mother, liberality, והבאת שלום בין אדם לחבירו, "and making peace between a man and his neighhour."''
This, they say f, Aaron was much disposed to.
"Moses used to say, let justice break through the mountain; but Aaron loved peace, and pursued it, and made peace between a man and his neighhour, as is said, Malachi 2:6''
Hence that saying of Hillell g,
"be thou one of the disciples of Aaron, who loved peace, and followed after it; he loved men, and brought them to the law.''
Now of such persons it is said, that
they shall be called the children of God; that is, they are the children of God by adopting grace, which is made manifest in their regeneration; and that is evidenced by the fruits of it, of which this is one; they not only shall be, and more manifestly appear to be, the sons of God hereafter; but they are, and are known to be so now, by their peaceable disposition, which is wrought in them by the Spirit of God; whereby they become like to the God of peace, and to Christ, the great and only peacemaker, and so are truly sons of peace.
e Misn. Peah. c. 1. sect. 1. T. Bab. Sabbat. fol. 127. 1. & Kiddushin. fol. 40. 1. f T. Bab. Sanhedrim, fol. 6. 2. Vid. Abot. R. Nathan, c. 12. fol. 4. 2. g Pirke Abot. c. 1. sect. 12.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
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 and neighborhoods. Every man may do something of this; and no man is more like God than he who does it. There ought not to be unlawful and officious interference in that which is none of our business; but without any danger of acquiring this character, every man has many opportunities of reconciling opposing parties. Friends, neighbors, people of influence, lawyers, physicians, ministers of the gospel, may do much to promote peace. And it should be taken in hand in the beginning. “The beginning of strife,” says Solomon, “is like the letting out of water.” “An ounce of prevention,” says the English proverb, “is worth a pound of cure.” Long and most deadly quarrels might often be prevented by a little kind interference in the beginning.
Children of God - See the notes at Matthew 1:1. Those who resemble God, or who manifest a spirit like his. He is the Author of peace 1 Corinthians 14:33; and all those who endeavor to promote peace are like him, and are worthy to be called his children.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Matthew 5:9. The peace-makers — ειρηνη, peace, is compounded of ειρειν (εις) εν, connecting into one: for as WAR distracts and divides nations, families, and individuals, from each other, inducing them to pursue different objects and different interests, so PEACE restores them to a state of unity, giving them one object, and one interest. A peace-maker is a man who, being endowed with a generous public spirit, labours for the public good, and feels his own interest promoted in promoting that of others: therefore, instead of fanning the fire of strife, he uses his influence and wisdom to reconcile the contending parties, adjust their differences, and restore them to a state of unity. As all men are represented to be in a state of hostility to God and each other, the Gospel is called the Gospel of peace, because it tends to reconcile men to God and to each other. Hence our Lord here terms peace-makers the children of God: for as he is the Father of peace, those who promote it are reputed his children. But whose children are they who foment divisions in the Church, the state, or among families? Surely they are not of that GOD, who is the Father of peace, and lover of concord; of that CHRIST, who is the sacrifice and mediator of it; of that SPIRIT, who is the nourisher and bond of peace; nor of that CHURCH of the Most High, which is the kingdom and family of peace.
St. Clement, Strom. lib. iv. s. 6, in fin. says, that "Some who transpose the Gospels add this verse: Happy they who are persecuted by justice, for they shall be perfect: happy they who are persecuted on my account, for they shall have a place where they shall not be persecuted."
