Matthew 5:44
I, however, say to you--Love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you,
Luke 23:34
[Then Jesus said: "Father, forgive them; they do not know what they are doing."] His clothes they divided among them by casting lots.
Luke 6:27-28
But to you who hear I say--Love your enemies, show kindness to those who hate you,
Acts 7:60
Falling on his knees, he called out loudly: "Lord! do not charge them with this sin;" and with these words he fell asleep.
Romans 12:14
Bless your persecutors--bless and never curse.
1 Peter 3:9
never returning evil for evil, or abuse for abuse, but, on the contrary, blessing. It was to this that you were called--to obtain a blessing!
Romans 12:20-21
Rather--'If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him to drink. By doing this you will heap coals of fire upon his head.'
1 Peter 2:23
He was abused, but he did not answer with abuse; he suffered, but he did not threaten; he entrusted himself to him whose judgments are just.
Luke 6:34-35
If you lend only to those from whom you expect to get something, what thanks will be due to you? Even the outcast lend to the outcast in the hope of getting as much in return!
1 Corinthians 4:12-13
We work hard, toiling with our own hands. We meet abuse with blessings, we meet persecution with endurance,
1 Corinthians 13:4-8
Love is long-suffering, and kind; Love is never envious, never boastful, never conceited, never behaves unbecomingly;
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