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Pursue Peace And Holiness

14 Be pursuing peace with[a] all people, and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord, 15 while exercising-oversight that someone may not be coming-short of the grace of God; that some root of [b] bitterness growing[c] up may not be causing-trouble and many be defiled[d] by it; 16 that someone may not be sexually-immoral or[e] profane like Esau, who sold his own firstborn-rights[f] for one meal[g].

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 12:14 Or, together-with.
  2. Hebrews 12:15 That is, characterized by. Some bitter root, referring to a person.
  3. Hebrews 12:15 Or, springing.
  4. Hebrews 12:15 Or, polluted, stained.
  5. Hebrews 12:16 Or, sexually-immoral, or profane like Esau (so that only ‘profane’ applies to Esau).
  6. Hebrews 12:16 That is, the status and inheritance rights of the firstborn son.
  7. Hebrews 12:16 Or, eating; one act of eating.

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