John Trapp Complete Commentary - Hebrews 12:14
14 Follow peace with all men , and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: Ver. 14. Follow peace ] Gr. pursue it, though it flee from you. I am for peace (saith David), but when I speak of it, they are for war, Psalms 120:7 . And holiness ] Or chastity, 1 Thessalonians 4:4 ; such a holiness as is opposed to fornication and profaneness, Hebrews 12:16 . Without which ] The article may be neuter; and then the sense is, without which following peace and holiness, or a holy... read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - Hebrews 12:13
13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed. Ver. 13. Make straight paths ] Seek not byways (those highways to hell), leap not over the hedge of any commandment, so to escape any piece of foul way; but as those kine of the Philistines held straight on their way to Bethshemesh,1 Samuel 6:12; 1 Samuel 6:12 , though they had calves at home; so let us to heaven, though we have various things to divert us. "Let thine eyes... read more