Loving Your Enemies

but I--I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting you,

`Ye heard that it was said: Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and shalt hate thine enemy; — read the full passage →

`But I say to you who are hearing, Love your enemies, do good to those hating you,

Bless those persecuting you; bless, and curse not;

I will recompense again, saith the Lord;' if, then, thine enemy doth hunger, feed him; if he doth thirst, give him drink; for this doing, coals of fire thou shalt heap upon his head;

And Jesus said, `Father, forgive them, for they have not known what they do;' and parting his garments they cast a lot.

`But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward will be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest, because He is kind unto the ungracious and evil;

`But I say to you who are hearing, Love your enemies, do good to those hating you, — read the full passage →

not giving back evil for evil, or railing for railing, and on the contrary, blessing, having known that to this ye were called, that a blessing ye may inherit;

`Thou dost not take vengeance, nor watch the sons of thy people; and thou hast had love to thy neighbour as thyself; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

Beloved, may we love one another, because the love is of God, and every one who is loving, of God he hath been begotten, and doth know God;

If he who is hating thee doth hunger, cause him to eat bread, And if he thirst, cause him to drink water. — read the full passage →

and having bowed the knees, he cried with a loud voice, `Lord, mayest thou not lay to them this sin;' and this having said, he fell asleep.

`But I say to you who are hearing, Love your enemies, do good to those hating you, — read the full passage →

Bless those persecuting you; bless, and curse not; — read the full passage →

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

In the falling of thine enemy rejoice not, And in his stumbling let not thy heart be joyful,

when thou seest the ass of him who is hating thee crouching under its burden, then thou hast ceased from leaving <FI>it<Fi> to it--thou dost certainly leave <FI>it<Fi> with him.

and labour, working with <FI>our<Fi> own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer;

bless those cursing you, and pray for those accusing you falsely;

`Ye heard that it was said: Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and shalt hate thine enemy;

If he who is hating thee doth hunger, cause him to eat bread, And if he thirst, cause him to drink water.

Do not say, `I recompense evil,' Wait for Jehovah, and He delivereth thee.

When a man's ways please Jehovah, even his enemies, He causeth to be at peace with him.

`For, if ye may love those loving you, what reward have ye? do not also the tax-gatherers the same?

`All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

`A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another;

ye shall therefore be perfect, as your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens is perfect.

let all your things be done in love.

that ye may be sons of your Father in the heavens, because His sun He doth cause to rise on evil and good, and He doth send rain on righteous and unrighteous.

and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to the wrath, for it hath been written, `Vengeance <FI>is<Fi> Mine,

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

If I rejoice at the ruin of my hater, And stirred up myself when evil found him, — read the full passage →

`When thou meetest thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou dost certainly turn it back to him; — read the full passage →

`Take heed your kindness not to do before men, to be seen by them, and if not--reward ye have not from your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens; — read the full passage →

Be not overcome by the evil, but overcome, in the good, the evil.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

and--if ye love those loving you, what grace have ye? for also the sinful love those loving them;

`Happy the peacemakers--because they shall be called Sons of God.

and if ye may salute your brethren only, what do ye abundant? do not also the tax-gatherers so?

`Happy the clean in heart--because they shall see God. — read the full passage →

but he who did endure to the end, he shall be saved;

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling; — read the full passage →

and as ye wish that men may do to you, do ye also to them in like manner;

O the happiness of that one, who Hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked. And in the way of sinners hath not stood, And in the seat of scorners hath not sat; — read the full passage →

And--thou dost not look on the day of thy brother, On the day of his alienation, Nor dost thou rejoice over sons of Judah, In the day of their destruction, Nor make great thy mouth in a day of distress. — read the full passage →

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

brethren, I do not reckon myself to have laid hold; and one thing--the things behind indeed forgetting, and to the things before stretching forth-- — read the full passage →

Then Jesus was led up to the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the Devil, — read the full passage →

Whoso is slow to anger <FI>is<Fi> of great understanding, And whoso is short in temper is exalting folly.

To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other--law he hath fulfilled, — read the full passage →

and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;

and he said to them, `Having gone, say to this fox, Lo, I cast forth demons, and perfect cures to-day and to-morrow, and the third <FI>day<Fi> I am being perfected; — read the full passage →

In the falling of thine enemy rejoice not, And in his stumbling let not thy heart be joyful, — read the full passage →

All joy count <FI>it<Fi> , my brethren, when ye may fall into temptations manifold; — read the full passage →

The love unfeigned: abhorring the evil; cleaving to the good; — read the full passage →

`Little children, yet a little am I with you; ye will seek me, and, according as I said to the Jews--Whither I go away, ye are not able to come, to you also I do say <FI>it<Fi> now. — read the full passage →

Remember not former things, And ancient things consider not.

giving back to no one evil for evil; providing right things before all men. — read the full passage →

who being reviled--was not reviling again, suffering--was not threatening, and was committing himself to Him who is judging righteously,

and the second <FI>is<Fi> like <FI>it<Fi> , this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself; --greater than these there is no other command.'

If I walk in the midst of distress Thou quickenest me, Against the anger of mine enemies Thou sendest forth Thy hand, And Thy right hand doth save me.

which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed those who declared before about the coming of the Righteous One, of whom now ye betrayers and murderers have become, — read the full passage →

`When thou goest out to battle against thine enemy, and hast seen horse and chariot--a people more numerous than thou--thou art not afraid of them, for Jehovah thy God <FI>is<Fi> with thee, who is bringing thee up out of the land of Egypt;

See ye what love the Father hath given to us, that children of God we may be called; because of this the world doth not know us, because it did not know Him;

`And whenever ye may stand praying, forgive, if ye have anything against any one, that your Father also who is in the heavens may forgive you your trespasses;

and Jesus having turned unto them, said, `Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but for yourselves weep ye, and for your children; — read the full passage →

The love unfeigned: abhorring the evil; cleaving to the good;

for, if thou diligently hearken to his voice, and hast done all that which I speak, then I have been at enmity with thine enemies, and have distressed those distressing thee.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

`And I have given peace in the land, and ye have lain down, and there is none causing trembling; and I have caused evil beasts to cease out of the land, and the sword doth not pass over into your land.

Hatred awaketh contentions, And over all transgressions love covereth.

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

we--we love him, because He--He first loved us;

To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other--law he hath fulfilled,

and all also who will to live piously in Christ Jesus shall be persecuted,

and above all these things, <FI>have<Fi> love, which is a bond of the perfection,

the love to the neighbour doth work no ill; the love, therefore, <FI>is<Fi> the fulness of law.

he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.

At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born.

For in our being still ailing, Christ in due time did die for the impious; — read the full passage →

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

In the falling of thine enemy rejoice not, And in his stumbling let not thy heart be joyful, — read the full passage →

`Ye heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth; — read the full passage →

and when they came to the place that is called Skull, there they crucified him and the evil-doers, one on the right hand and one on the left. — read the full passage →

My little children, may we not love in word nor in tongue, but in word and in truth!

And having seen the multitudes, he went up to the mount, and he having sat down, his disciples came to him, — read the full passage →

for if, being enemies, we have been reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved in his life.

`Ye heard that it was said: Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and shalt hate thine enemy; — read the full passage →

see no one evil for evil may render to any one, but always that which is good pursue ye, both to one another and to all;

`If ye love me, my commands keep,

And when he completed all his sayings in the ears of the people, he went into Capernaum; — read the full passage →

for as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God;

`When thou meetest thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou dost certainly turn it back to him;

but I--I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting you, — read the full passage →

If possible--so far as in you--with all men being in peace;

of the same mind one toward another, not minding the high things, but with the lowly going along; become not wise in your own conceit;

Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, every weight having put off, and the closely besetting sin, through endurance may we run the contest that is set before us,