Mat 5:43-45, Rom 12:17 | ESV | STEP | You have heard that it was said , You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy .

aSee ver. 21

bCited from Lev. 19:18; See ch. 19:19

c Luke 6:27, 28; Rom. 12:20; [Ex. 23:4; Job 31:29, 30; Ps. 7:4]

d Luke 23:34; Acts 7:60; 2 Tim. 4:16; 1 Pet. 3:9

e Luke 6:35; [Eph. 5:1; Phil. 2:15]

f Acts 14:17

g Prov. 20:22; Matt. 5:39; [ch. 14:19]

h 2 Cor. 8:21; [ch. 14:16]

Matthew 5:43-45

Love Your Enemies

43 ^a“You have heard that it was said, ^b‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I say to you, ^cLove your enemies and ^dpray for those who persecute you, 45 ^eso that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and ^fsends rain on the just and on the unjust.

Romans 12:17

17 ^gRepay no one evil for evil, but ^hgive thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.