Luke 6:27-31
27 “But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, and pray for those who spitefully use you. 29 To him who strikes you on the one cheek, offer the other also. And from him who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your tunic either. 30 Give to everyone who asks of you. And from him who takes away your goods do not ask them back. 31 And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise.
Loving our enemies really means that we treat and respond to them as we want our enemies to do with us. So we are to bless, do good, and pray for them as they offend or steal from us. We are not to hold back from meeting their needs nor retaliate for the evil they do to us. This is a difficult thing, but if we begin by putting ourselves in their place and pray as we do right and even bless them, God is honored.
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