Loving Your Enemies

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;

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.

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

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: — read the full passage →

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.

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

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

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

Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:

If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.

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

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

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

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the Lord, and he shall save thee.

When a man’s ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

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

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.

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

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

Let all your things be done with charity.

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.

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

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

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

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.

If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him: — read the full passage →

If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. — read the full passage →

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 →

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

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 →

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

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

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

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

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

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 →

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

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. — read the full passage →

But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress. — read the full passage →

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 →

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 →

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

He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

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

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

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 →

Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: — read the full passage →

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

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

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 →

Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.

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

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

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

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.

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 →

When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the Lord thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

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.

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.

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 →

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

But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.

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:

And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.

Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

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.

We love him, because he first loved us.

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

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

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

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

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

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

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

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: — read the full passage →

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

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 →

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

And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: — read the full passage →

For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.

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

See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.

If ye love me, keep my commandments.

Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the people, he entered into Capernaum. — read the full passage →

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.

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; — read the full passage →

If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.

Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,