Loving Your Enemies

But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.’ — read the full passage →

“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

Bless those who persecute you; bless, and don’t curse.

Therefore “If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing so, you will heap coals of fire on his head.”

Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, — read the full passage →

not rendering evil for evil, or insult for insult; but instead blessing; knowing that to this were you called, that you may inherit a blessing.

“‘You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God, and knows God.

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat. If he is thirsty, give him water to drink: — read the full passage →

He kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, “Lord, don’t hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he fell asleep.

“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, — read the full passage →

Bless those who persecute you; bless, and don’t curse. — read the full passage →

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, — read the full passage →

Don’t rejoice when your enemy falls. Don’t let your heart be glad when he is overthrown;

If you see the donkey of him who hates you fallen down under his burden, don’t leave him, you shall surely help him with it.

We toil, working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure.

bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you.

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.’

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat. If he is thirsty, give him water to drink:

Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.

When a man’s ways please Yahweh, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Don’t even the tax collectors do the same?

Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another.

Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

Let all that you do be done in love.

that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.

And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

“If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him; — read the full passage →

“If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again. — read the full passage →

“Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

Don’t be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.

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

If you only greet your friends, what more do you do than others? Don’t even the tax collectors do the same?

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

But he who endures to the end, the same will be saved.

If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

“As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them.

Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers; — read the full passage →

But don’t look down on your brother in the day of his disaster, and don’t rejoice over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction. Don’t speak proudly in the day of distress. — read the full passage →

If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

Brothers, I don’t regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do. Forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, — read the full passage →

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

He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.

Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. — read the full passage →

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

He said to them, “Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I complete my mission. — read the full passage →

Don’t rejoice when your enemy falls. Don’t let your heart be glad when he is overthrown; — read the full passage →

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, — read the full passage →

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good. — read the full passage →

Little children, I will be with you a little while longer. You will seek me, and as I said to the Jews, ‘Where I am going, you can’t come,’ so now I tell you. — read the full passage →

“Don’t remember the former things, and don’t consider the things of old.

Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men. — read the full passage →

Who, when he was cursed, didn’t curse back. When he suffered, didn’t threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously;

The second is like this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’There is no other commandment greater than these.”

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you will revive me. You will stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies. Your right hand will save me.

Which of the prophets didn’t your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers. — read the full passage →

When you go out to battle against your enemies, and see horses, chariots, and a people more than you, you shall not be afraid of them; for Yahweh your God is with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.

See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him.

Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions.

But Jesus, turning to them, said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, don’t weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. — read the full passage →

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.

But if you indeed listen to his voice, and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and an adversary to your adversaries.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

“‘I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and no one will make you afraid. I will remove evil animals out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

We love him, because he first loved us.

Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.

Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.

Love doesn’t harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.

He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.

A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity.

For while we were yet weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. — read the full passage →

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

Don’t rejoice when your enemy falls. Don’t let your heart be glad when he is overthrown; — read the full passage →

“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’ — read the full passage →

When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified him there with the criminals, one on the right and the other on the left. — read the full passage →

My little children, let’s not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.

Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. — read the full passage →

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

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.’ — read the full passage →

See that no one returns evil for evil to anyone, but always follow after that which is good, for one another, and for all.

If you love me, keep my commandments.

After he had finished speaking in the hearing of the people, he entered into Capernaum. — read the full passage →

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.

“If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.

But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you, — read the full passage →

If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.

Be of the same mind one toward another. Don’t set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don’t be wise in your own conceits.

Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,