Hebrews 12:14 (DBY)

Passage

Pursue peace with all, and holiness, without which no one shall see the Lord:

Nearby Context

Hebrews 12:12 Wherefore lift up the hands that hang down, and the failing knees;

Hebrews 12:13 and make straight paths for your feet, that that which is lame be not turned aside; but that rather it may be healed.

Hebrews 12:14 Pursue peace with all, and holiness, without which no one shall see the Lord:

Hebrews 12:15 watching lest [there be] any one who lacks the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble [you], and many be defiled by it;

Hebrews 12:16 lest [there be] any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one meal sold his birthright;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "pursue", "peace", "holiness", "without", "shall", and "lord". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "pursue" and "peace", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "and make straight paths for your feet..." into verse 15's "watching lest there be any one who...", so "pursue" and "peace" belong inside that flow. In Hebrews context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "pursue" and "peace" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.