Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.
Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.
But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone.
and we labor, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure; when slandered, we entreat. We have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, the refuse of all things.
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.
From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.
And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they cast lots to divide his garments.
For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps. He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth. When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.
And falling to his knees he cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
“If I have rejoiced at the ruin of him who hated me, or exulted when evil overtook him (I have not let my mouth sin by asking for his life with a curse),
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