3d. Swear not; do not make promises to any one or for any cause.[1]
4th. Submit to offence and violence, and do not resist wicked men.[2]
5th. Do not regard men as enemies. Love your enemies even as you do your neighbors.[3]
It is said these commandments teach us only what we must not do.
It may seem strange that there should not be in the doctrine of Christ a precise commandment as to what we should do. But whoever
- ↑ "Again, ye have heard that it hath been said, by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths.
But I say unto you, Swear not at all, neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:
Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black." (Ibid. v. 33–37.)
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"Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.
But I say unto you that ye resist not evil; but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also." (Ibid. v. 38–39.)
- ↑ "Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy:
But I say unto you. Love you renemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you. and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you.
That ye may be the children of your father which is in heaven; for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust." (Ibid. V. 43–45.)
adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced, committeth adultery." (Ibid. v. 31, 32.)
