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Love Your Enemies

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Matthew 5:44

But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

Matthew 5:43–48

Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. — read the full passage →

Luke 6:27

But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,

Romans 12:20

Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.

Romans 12:14

Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.

Luke 23:34

Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.

Luke 6:35

But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.

1 John 4:7

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

Acts 7:60

And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

Luke 6:27–28

But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 13:4–8

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

Luke 6:27–36

But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, — read the full passage →

Matthew 5:43

Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.

John 3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Romans 12:17–21

Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. — read the full passage →

1 Peter 3:9

Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

1 Corinthians 16:14

Let all your things be done with charity.

Matthew 5:45

That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

Ephesians 4:32

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

Mark 12:31

And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

Matthew 5:48

Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

Matthew 7:12

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

Romans 12:9

Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

1 Peter 4:8

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

Romans 12:14–21

Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not. — read the full passage →

John 13:34

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

Matthew 4:1–25

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. — read the full passage →

Romans 8:28

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Luke 6:28

Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.

Matthew 5:46

For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?

Matthew 5:9

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

1 John 3:18

My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

John 3:16–17

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

Luke 6:31

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

1 Corinthians 4:12

And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:

Romans 13:10

Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

Romans 13:8–10

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. — read the full passage →

Romans 13:8

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

Revelation 1:1–20

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: — read the full passage →

Matthew 24:13

But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

Matthew 6:1–34

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 13:1–8

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. — read the full passage →

Romans 12:21

Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

Romans 12:19

Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

1 Peter 2:23

Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:

John 13:33–35

Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you. — read the full passage →

Luke 13:32–35

And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected. — read the full passage →

Mark 11:25

And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

James 1:2–5

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; — read the full passage →

Colossians 3:1–4

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

Philippians 3:13–14

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, — read the full passage →

Romans 12:9–11

Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. — read the full passage →

Matthew 5:8–12

Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. — read the full passage →

Matthew 5:47

And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?

Acts 7:52–60

Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers: — read the full passage →

Luke 23:28–37

But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. — read the full passage →

Ephesians 4:2

With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

1 John 4:19

We love him, because he first loved us.

Romans 5:8

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Matthew 5:43–45

Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. — read the full passage →

2 Timothy 3:12

Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

Luke 6:32

For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.

Luke 23:33–34

And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. — read the full passage →

Romans 5:6–8

For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. — read the full passage →

1 John 3:1

Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

Colossians 3:14

And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

1 Corinthians 13:13

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

Galatians 2:20

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

John 14:15

If ye love me, keep my commandments.

Matthew 5:38–48

Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: — read the full passage →

1 John 4:8

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

James 4:7

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Philippians 2:2

Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

Topical index adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0). Verse text: KJV.