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Heb_12:14. Μετὰ πάντων ] with all, even the non-Christians. Comp. Rom_12:18. For limiting the πάντες , with Michaelis, Zachariae, Storr, Bleek, Stein, de Wette, Tholuck, Ebrard, Delitzsch, Alford, Maier, to the members of the Christian community, there exists no reason; and it has against it the mode of expression, since we should then have expected μετʼ ἀλλήλων .
καὶ τὸν ἁγιασμόν ] the general virtue, of which the endeavour after concord is only a particular outflow. ἁγιασμός , namely, is here sanctification or moral purification in general; too restricted is the reference of Chrysostom, Theodoret, Oecumenius, Theophylact, Jac. Cappellus, Bengel, Bloomfield, and others, who explain it as—what at 1Th_4:3 (see at that place) is certainly the correct explanation—the virtue of chastity.
τὸν κύριον ] By this expression some understand God (comp. Mat_5:8), others Christ (comp. Heb_9:28). A certain decision is impossible. The beholding represents in an emblematic manner the idea of innermost union, and the whole is a designation of the Messianic blessedness in the consummated kingdom of God.