Matthew 5:43

The Sermon On The Mount: Love For Enemies

⁴² Give to him who asks of you, and do not turn away from him who wants to borrow from you. ⁴³ “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor (fellow man) and hate your enemy.’ ⁴⁴ But I say to you, love [that is, unselfishly seek the best or higher good for] your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

Hate Your Enemy

Law of Moses

Love Your Neighbor

You Have Heard that It Was Said

Your Enemy

Leviticus 19:18

You shall not take revenge nor bear any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor (acquaintance, associate, companion) as yourself; I am the Lord.

Deuteronomy 23:6

You shall never seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days.

Matthew 19:19

Honor your father and mother; and love your neighbor as yourself” [that is, unselfishly seek the best or higher good for others].

Exodus 17:14-16

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write this in the book as a memorial and recite it to Joshua, that I will utterly wipe out the memory of Amalek [and his people] from under heaven.”

Deuteronomy 25:17

“Remember what Amalek did to you along the road when you came from Egypt,

Psalm 41:10

But You, O Lord, be gracious to me and restore me [to health],
So that I may repay them.

Psalm 139:21-22

Do I not hate those who hate You, O Lord?
And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?

Matthew 5:21

“You have heard that it was said to the men of old, ‘You shall not murder,’ and ‘Whoever murders shall be guilty before the court.’

Matthew 22:39-40

The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself [that is, unselfishly seek the best or higher good for others].’

Mark 12:31-34

This is the second: ‘You shall [unselfishly] love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

Luke 10:27-29

And he replied, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”

Romans 13:8-10

Owe nothing to anyone except to love and seek the best for one another; for he who [unselfishly] loves his neighbor has fulfilled the [essence of the] law [relating to one’s fellowman].

Galatians 5:13-14

For you, my brothers, were called to freedom; only do not let your freedom become an opportunity for the sinful nature (worldliness, selfishness), but through love serve and seek the best for one another.

James 2:8

If, however, you are [really] fulfilling the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself [that is, if you have an unselfish concern for others and do things for their benefit]” you are doing well.