καθαροὶ τῇ καρδίᾳ. Purity is a distinguishing virtue of Christianity. It finds no place even in the teaching of Socrates, or in the system of Aristotle. Pure in heart ‘non sufficit puritas ceremonialis,’ Bengel.

τὸν θεὸν ὄψονται. The Christian education is a gradual unveiling of God (ἀποκάλυψις), all have glimpses of Him, to the pure He appears quite plainly; cp. Hebrews 12:14, τὸν ἁγιασμὸν οὖ χωρὶς οὐδεὶς ὄψεται τὸν κύριον, and see 1 John 3:2-3. In a further sense the unveiled sight of God is reserved for the Eternal life.

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