Galatians 6:16 And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and on the Israel of God. Peace may be sought two ways. One way is as Gideon sought it when he built his altar in Ophrah, naming it "God send peace," yet sought this peace that he loved as he was ordered to seek it, and the peace was sent, in God's way: "The country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon." And the other way of seeking peace is as Menahem sought it when he gave the king of Assyria a thousand talents of silver, that "his hand might be with him." That is, you may either win your peace or buy it — win it by resistance to evil; buy it by compromise with evil. You may buy your peace with silenced consciences; you may buy it with broken vows; buy it with lying words; buy it with base connivances; buy it with the blood of the slain, and the cry of the captive, and the silence of lost souls. (Ruskin.) Parallel Verses KJV: And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.WEB: As many as walk by this rule, peace and mercy be on them, and on God's Israel. |
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