The section about enemies is one of the areas that can be tough to grasp. We are in a society where many people tend to live for themselves.Having the ability to love and forgive our enemies is counter to our own sense of reasoning.
And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short. | Matthew 24:22
And if you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? | Matthew 5:47
After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this. | Revelation 4:1
But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, |Luke 6:27
But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. | Matthew 5:44
Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.” Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. | Romans 12:19-21
Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. | Romans 12:14
But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. To one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic either. Give to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back. And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them. | Luke 6:27-36
But the one who endures to the end will be saved. | Matthew 24:13
But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil. | Luke 6:35
By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. | 1 John 3:16
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, | Romans 3:23
For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? | Matthew 5:46
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. | John 3:16
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. | Romans 8:18
For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. | Romans 5:6-8
If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, give him water to drink. | Proverbs 25:21
I tell you, he will give justice to them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth? | Luke 18:8
Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up his clothes by casting lots. | Luke 23:34
Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. | Romans 12:9
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. | 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else. | 1 Thessalonians 5:15
Oh, that I had one to hear me! (Here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me!) Oh, that I had the indictment written by my adversary. | Job 31:35
On the contrary: “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head. | Romans 12:20
So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin. | James 4:17
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us. | Hebrews 12:1
The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet saw. O Lord, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not hear? Or cry to you “Violence!” and you will not save? Why do you make me see iniquity, and why do you idly look at wrong? Destruction and violence are before me; strife and contention arise. So the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked surround the righteous; so justice goes forth perverted. “Look among the nations, and see; wonder and be astounded. For I am doing a work in your days that you would not believe if told. | Habakkuk 1:1-17
Thus says the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and the one who formed him: “Ask me of things to come; will you command me concerning my children and the work of my hands? | Isaiah 45:11
Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. | 1 Thessalonians 4:17
You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. | Matthew 5:48
God teaches us that if we see our enemies in trouble or in need, we help them no matter what the issue is.