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,

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;

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

`Let not your heart be troubled, believe in God, also in me believe;

`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 →

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

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 →

`If ye love me, my commands keep,

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

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

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

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;

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

and to fearful, and unstedfast, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars, their part <FI>is<Fi> in the lake that is burning with fire and brimstone, which is a second death.'

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness, — read the full passage →

and the great dragon was cast forth--the old serpent, who is called `Devil,' and `the Adversary,' who is leading astray the whole world--he was cast forth to the earth, and his messengers were cast forth with him.

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.

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.

Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,

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

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

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,

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

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

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

`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.

for of God it is a ministrant to thee for good; and if that which is evil thou mayest do, be fearing, for not in vain doth it bear the sword; for of God it is a ministrant, an avenger for wrath to him who is doing that which is evil.

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

be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;

in whom the god of this age did blind the minds of the unbelieving, that there doth not shine forth to them the enlightening of the good news of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God;

Bless those persecuting you; bless, and curse not; — 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.

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

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

because we have not the wrestling with blood and flesh, but with the principalities, with the authorities, with the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, with the spiritual things of the evil in the heavenly places;

neither give place to the devil;

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

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

put on the whole armour of God, for your being able to stand against the wiles of the devil,

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice, — read the full passage →

and no wonder--for even the Adversary doth transform himself into a messenger of light;

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

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

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

lo, I give to you the authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and on all the power of the enemy, and nothing by any means shall hurt you;

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

`The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have <FI>it<Fi> abundantly.

and they did overcome him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life--unto death;

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

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

and to God--thanks, to Him who is giving us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ;

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

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

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

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

`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;

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

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.

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

but I--I say to you, not to resist the evil, but whoever shall slap thee on thy right cheek, turn to him also the other;

`Be agreeing with thy opponent quickly, while thou art in the way with him, that the opponent may not deliver thee to the judge, and the judge may deliver thee to the officer, and to prison thou mayest be cast,