Matthew 5:9 Explained in Context

Selected verse

Verse 9. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

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Quick Meaning

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God. Peacemaking is active repair, not pretending conflict is gone.

Read It With

Matthew 5:1–5:12

Read Matthew 5:9 with 5:1–5:12. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God. Peacemaking is active repair, not pretending conflict is gone.

Read Matthew 5:3–12 together

Why these verses belong together: The blessings accumulate as one kingdom portrait; no single condition is an isolated technique for earning favor.

Verse 3. Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Verse 4. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

Verse 5. Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

Verse 6. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

Verse 7. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

Verse 8. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

Verse 9. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

Verse 10. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Verse 11. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

Verse 12. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

What Remains True

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God. Peacemaking is active repair, not pretending conflict is gone. Its meaning is controlled by Matthew 5:1–5:12.

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Read Matthew 5:1–5:12 — The Beatitudes name kingdom blessing

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Biblical text

King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006

eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society

USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.

Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and thought-unit coverage.

Exact location: Matthew 5:1–5:12, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus

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Greek textual evidence

The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition

Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos

Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010

Supports: Greek wording and punctuation control without treating one edition as a complete apparatus.

Exact location: SBLGNT official text file data/sblgnt/text/Matt.txt, Matthew 5:1–5:12

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Lexical and grammatical evidence

STEP Bible Data

Tyndale House Cambridge

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Exact location: STEP Bible Data TAGNT rows for Matthew 5:1–5:12

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open translation and translator notes

NET Bible: Matthew with Translators' and Textual Notes

Biblical Studies Press

Biblical Studies Press, 2005-2026 online edition

Supports: Verse-attached textual, translation, language, historical, Jewish-background, and Synoptic notes for this unit.

Exact location: NET Bible Matthew PDF, printed pp. 1808-1867, exact tn/tc/sn entries attached to 5:1–5:12

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