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The Greek text of Matthew 5:42-45 with a decorated headpiece in Folio 51 recto of Lectionary 240 (12th century). In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: . 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; [2]
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.
"Love is patient; love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres."
Chrysostom: "And therefore in beginning the Divine Law He begins with humility, and sets before us a great reward, saying, And ye shall find rest for your souls.This is the highest reward, you shall not only be made useful to others, but shall make yourself to have peace; and He gives you the promise of it before it comes, but when it is come, you shall rejoice in perpetual rest.
Matthew 5:11 is the eleventh verse of the fifth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.It is the ninth verse of the Sermon on the Mount.Some commentators consider this verse to be the beginning of the last Beatitude, [who?] but others disagree, [who?] seeing it as more of an expansion on the eighth and final Beatitude in the previous verse.
Jesus here presents no arguments for man's evil nature: he appears to take it as a "given". This is true throughout the New Testament, the essentially evil nature of humanity is simply assumed. Theologian Eduard Schweizer notes that this passage is somewhat hopeful, as even the inherently evil man will in some situations almost always do good. [3]
Psalm 97 is the 97th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in the English of the King James Version: "The Lord reigneth; let the earth rejoice", also as "The Lord is King". [1] The Book of Psalms is part of the third section of the Hebrew Bible, [2] and a book of the Christian Old Testament. In Latin, it is known as "Dominus regnavit exultet ...
Since love does not rejoice in unrighteousness or iniquity (cf. 1 Corinthians 13:6), [78] and since homosexual desires and actions are believed to remain contrary to God's design and condemned by God as sinful/iniquity (e.g. in general, Romans 126–27; [79] passively, 1 Corinthians 6:96:9; [80] [81] actively, including but not limited to ...