Matthew 5:44
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
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Study Note
Jesus' command to 'love your enemies' stands as perhaps the most radical ethical demand in the Sermon on the Mount, inverting the ancient lex talionis and the common Greco-Roman ethic of benefiting friends while harming enemies. The four-fold elaboration — bless, do good, pray for — escalates from attitude to action to intercession, constituting a comprehensive posture of non-retaliation. Historically, this teaching shocked Jewish hearers accustomed to the Qumran community's 'hate your enemy' rule (1QS 1:10), making Jesus' position a sharp counter-cultural declaration. Paul echoes it in Romans 12:14-21, and the early church's refusal to curse their persecutors became one of the most noted features of Christian witness in pagan society.
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