Definition and Nature
Spiritual peace in the Christian context refers to an inner tranquility and harmony that comes from a right relationship with God through Jesus Christ. It is distinct from worldly peace, which is often dependent on external circumstances. Spiritual peace is a fruit of the Holy Spirit and is deeply rooted in faith, trust, and the assurance of God's presence and promises.

Biblical Foundation
The concept of spiritual peace is woven throughout Scripture, beginning with the Old Testament. The Hebrew word "shalom" encompasses peace, completeness, and welfare. In the New Testament, the Greek word "eirene" is used to describe peace, often in the context of the peace that Jesus Christ brings to believers.

Peace with God
Spiritual peace begins with reconciliation with God. Romans 5:1 states, "Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." This peace is made possible through the atoning work of Christ, who reconciles sinners to God, removing the enmity caused by sin.

Peace of Christ
Jesus Christ is central to the believer's experience of spiritual peace. In John 14:27 , Jesus assures His disciples, "Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid." This peace is not merely the absence of conflict but a profound sense of well-being and security in Christ.

Peace as a Fruit of the Spirit
The Apostle Paul lists peace as a fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5:22 : "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness." This indicates that spiritual peace is a result of the Holy Spirit's work in the life of a believer, growing as one walks in step with the Spirit.

Peace in the Midst of Trials
Spiritual peace is not dependent on circumstances. Philippians 4:6-7 encourages believers, "Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." This peace transcends human understanding and provides stability and calm even in the midst of life's storms.

Peace and Unity in the Body of Christ
Spiritual peace also extends to relationships within the body of Christ. Ephesians 4:3 exhorts believers to "make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace." This peace fosters unity and harmony among believers, reflecting the peace that Christ has established.

Eschatological Peace
The ultimate fulfillment of spiritual peace will be realized in the eschatological hope of the new heavens and new earth, where God will dwell with His people in perfect peace. Revelation 21:4 promises, "He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away."

Practical Implications
Believers are called to be peacemakers, reflecting the peace of Christ in their interactions with others. Matthew 5:9 states, "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God." This involves actively pursuing reconciliation, forgiveness, and harmony in personal relationships and within the broader community.

Spiritual peace is a profound gift from God, rooted in the redemptive work of Christ and sustained by the Holy Spirit. It is a peace that transforms the believer's heart and mind, enabling them to live in harmony with God and others, regardless of external circumstances.Job 22:21,26
Acquaint now yourself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come to you.
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Job 34:29
When he gives quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hides his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
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Psalm 1:1,2
Blessed is the man that walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful.
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Psalm 4:8
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for you, LORD, only make me dwell in safety.
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Psalm 17:15
As for me, I will behold your face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with your likeness.
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Psalm 25:12,13
What man is he that fears the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
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Psalm 29:11
The LORD will give strength to his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.
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Psalm 37:4,11,37
Delight yourself also in the LORD: and he shall give you the desires of your heart.
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Psalm 73:25,26
Whom have I in heaven but you? and there is none on earth that I desire beside you.
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Psalm 85:8
I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace to his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
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Psalm 119:165
Great peace have they which love your law: and nothing shall offend them.
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Psalm 125:1,5
They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but stays for ever.
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Proverbs 3:13-18,24
Happy is the man that finds wisdom, and the man that gets understanding.
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Proverbs 14:14
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
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Isaiah 9:6
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given: and the government shall be on his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
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Isaiah 11:6-9,13
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatted calf together; and a little child shall lead them.
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Isaiah 12:1,2
And in that day you shall say, O LORD, I will praise you: though you were angry with me, your anger is turned away, and you comforted me.
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Isaiah 25:7,8
And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the veil that is spread over all nations.
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Isaiah 26:3,12
You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on you: because he trusts in you.
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Isaiah 27:5
Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.
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Isaiah 28:12
To whom he said, This is the rest with which you may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
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Isaiah 30:26
Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD binds up the breach of his people, and heals the stroke of their wound.
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Isaiah 32:2,17,18
And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
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Isaiah 48:18
O that you had listened to my commandments! then had your peace been as a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the sea:
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Isaiah 53:5
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was on him; and with his stripes we are healed.
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Isaiah 54:1,10,13
Sing, O barren, you that did not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, you that did not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, said the LORD.
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Isaiah 55:2,12
Why do you spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfies not? listen diligently to me, and eat you that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
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Isaiah 57:1,2,19
The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
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Isaiah 60:20
Your sun shall no more go down; neither shall your moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning shall be ended.
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Jeremiah 33:6
Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.
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Ezekiel 34:25
And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
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Haggai 2:9
The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, said the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, said the LORD of hosts.
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Malachi 2:5
My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear with which he feared me, and was afraid before my name.
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Luke 1:79
To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
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Luke 2:14
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
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John 7:38
He that believes on me, as the scripture has said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
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John 14:27
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you: not as the world gives, give I to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
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John 16:33
These things I have spoken to you, that in me you might have peace. In the world you shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
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John 20:19
Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the middle, and said to them, Peace be to you.
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Acts 10:36
The word which God sent to the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)
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Romans 2:10
But glory, honor, and peace, to every man that works good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:
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Romans 5:1
Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
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Romans 8:6
For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
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Romans 10:15
And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
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Romans 14:17
For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
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Romans 15:13,33
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
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1 Corinthians 1:3
Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
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2 Corinthians 1:2
Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Galatians 1:3
Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,
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Galatians 5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
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Ephesians 2:14-17
For he is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
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Philippians 4:7,9
And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
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Colossians 1:20
And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things to himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
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Colossians 3:15
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also you are called in one body; and be you thankful.
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1 Thessalonians 1:1
Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, to the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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2 Thessalonians 3:16
Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all.
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1 Timothy 1:2
To Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.
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2 Timothy 1:2
To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
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Titus 1:4
To Titus, my own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.
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Philemon 1:3
Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Revelation 1:4
John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be to you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;
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4102. pistis -- faith, faithfulness
... Gal 5:22,23: " 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,. patience, kindness,
goodness, (4102), 23 gentleness,. ... faith is spiritual, the gift of God . ...
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Spiritual Peace
... Spiritual Peace. A Sermon (No.300). Delivered on Sabbath Morning, February
19th, 1860, by the. REV. CH SPURGEON. At Exeter Hall, Strand. ...
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The Peace-Bringer in the Spiritual World
... ST. MATTHEW Chaps. I to VIII THE PEACE-BRINGER IN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD.
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The Means of Obtaining Peace Internal, is not the Delight of Sense ...
... CHAP. III. The means of obtaining Peace Internal, is not the Delight of Sense
nor Spiritual Consolation, but the denying of Self-love. 12. ...
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Of Seeking Peace of Mind and of Spiritual Progress
... THE FIRST BOOK. ADMONITIONS PROFITABLE FOR THE SPIRITUAL LIFE CHAPTER XI
Of seeking peace of mind and of spiritual progress. We may ...
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Prayer for Spiritual Light, Holiness, and Peace.
... ORIGINAL HYMNS HYMN CCCXX. Prayer for Spiritual Light, Holiness, and Peace. ... Prayer
for Spiritual Light, Holiness, and Peace. God, o'er all supremely bless'd,. ...
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Of the Inward Peace of a Monk, and of Spiritual Abstinence.
... Prolegomena. Chapter XXI. Of the inward peace of a monk, and of spiritual abstinence.
For it is not an external enemy whom we have to dread. ...
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The Spiritual Guide which Disentangles the Soul
... Pursues the Same. CHAP. III. The means of obtaining Peace Internal, is not the Delight
of Sense nor Spiritual Consolation, but the denying of Self-love. CHAP. ...
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God's Peace Obtained in Answer to Prayer
... He wills to make our hearts an impregnable fortress of spiritual power. His peace
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Letter ii. --Interior Troubles.
... trouble, anxiety and depression, as though this God of all goodness said by this,
"Forget yourself, and you will find in Me only, peace, spiritual joy, calmness ...
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Letter xiii. --Peace and Confidence.
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