Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Believers » Promises to » Bodily supplies
God » Trust in » Exhortations to
God's Promises » To believers » Bodily supplies
Goodness » Doing good
So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all men and in particular to the household of the faith.
Verse Concepts
I tell you, my hearers, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you: bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.
see that none of you pays back evil for evil, but always aim at what is kind to one another and to all the world;
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You have heard the saying, 'You must love your neighbour and hate your enemy.' But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
let him shun wrong and do right, let him seek peace and make peace his aim.
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Happiness » Of the wicked » Is derived from » Their worldly prosperity
Resignation » Exhortation to
The goodness of the lord » The reward for doing good
You have heard the saying, 'You must love your neighbour and hate your enemy.' But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven: he makes his sun rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.
Servants, be obedient to those who are your masters here below with reverence and trembling, with singleness of heart as to Christ himself; instead of merely working when their eye is on you, like those who court human favour, do God's will from the heart like servants of Christ, by rendering service with goodwill as to the Lord and Master, not to men. read more.
Be sure that everyone, slave or free, will be paid back by the Lord and Master for the good he has done.
Be sure that everyone, slave or free, will be paid back by the Lord and Master for the good he has done.
If you help only those who help you, what merit is that to you? Why, even sinful men do that. If you only lend to those from whom you hope to get something, what credit is that to you? Even sinful men lend to one another, so as to get a fair return. No, you must love your enemies and help them, you must lend to them without expecting any return; then you will have a rich reward, you will be sons of the Most High for he is kind even to the ungrateful and the evil.
Every subject must obey the government-authorities, for no authority exists apart from God; the existing authorities have been constituted by God. Hence anyone who resists authority is opposing the divine order, and the opposition will bring judgment on themselves. Magistrates are no terror to an honest man, though they are to a bad man. If you want to avoid being alarmed at the government-authorities, lead an honest life and you will be commended for it;