“If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.”
Paul wrote Romans from Corinth around 57 AD, addressing a church divided by ethnic tension between Jewish and Gentile believers — people who had legitimate grievances with each other. His instruction is precise and honest: 'if possible' and 'so far as it depends on you.' He does not say peace is always achievable.
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