life for the church. This reason need not be understood as completely selfish, for if the church is at peace with outsiders, then the outsiders are experiencing peace also. God’s blessings usually overflow the recipients, and affect others too. The terms ēremon and hēsuchion are synonyms, and not all agree on the distinctions between them. Vincent gives one of the clearest explanations: Eremos denotes quiet arising from the absence of outward disturbances: hēsuchios tranquility arising from within.