achieved through his sacrificial death on the cross (10:29; 13:12).’5 Where does this leave us? It means that the injunctions to ‘pursue peace’ and to ‘pursue holiness’ are emphasising the same need—to strive to lay hold upon the gift of God, the pure promise of grace in Jesus Christ. He alone is our peace, our sanctification, our holiness, and we are ‘complete in him’ (Col. 2:10). To seek these things outside of him—in ceremonies, in shadows, in law-keeping, or anywhere under the old covenant—is