In the Amplified version of the latter part of this Scripture, it says, “Stop allowing yourselves to be agitated and disturbed; and do not permit yourselves to be fearful and intimidated and cowardly and unsettled.” What faith the Lord placed within his disciples to accept His peace and refuse all worldly emotional irritants that would come against their faith, and thereby rob them of His gift of peace. It is also a blessing to hear from the Lord Himself that there is a counterfeit to what He gives, so that we may know that what He imparts cannot be duplicated, or taken away from us; unless of course we will it.
