Sentences with phrase «not resist an evil»

[h] 39 But I tell you, do not resist an evil person.

But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.

And all I can think of is «Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God» and «do not resist an evil person.

But Jesus says, do not resist evil at all.

But I tell you, do not resist an evil person.

So Jesus» words should be translated, «Do not resist evil by violent means.

But I tell you, Do not resist an evil person.

We ought to devote ourselves to carrying out Christ's saying, to love one another (not engage in wars and preparation for wars and not resist evil with evil).

Not exact matches

Bush emerged from a tour of the Yad Vashem memorial calling it a «sobering reminder» that evil must be resisted, and praising victims for not losing their faith.

They were not confronted by the choice of safety by conforming to evil or danger by resisting it.

Consider Joel, what «The Bible» really says about «an eye for an eye»: Mat 5:38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: Mat 5:39 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.

Jesus certainly did not kill and probably did not whip the moneychangers, but he clearly resisted their evil in a dramatic act of civil disobedience.

Did not Jesus urge us to turn the other cheek rather than picket, to refuse to «resist one who is evil» rather than boycott unjust companies?

It seems to me that Jesus» own actions show that a quietist interpretation of his command not to resist one who is evil (Matt.

Do you think you have the courage to resist evil and violence in this way (I do not think I do)?

yet they themselves «sinned» before they knew the difference between Good and Evil... Or as you are trying to twist it — judgment on good and evil God must be immoral, if it punishes innocent people for sins they do not understand and could not resEvil... Or as you are trying to twist it — judgment on good and evil God must be immoral, if it punishes innocent people for sins they do not understand and could not resevil God must be immoral, if it punishes innocent people for sins they do not understand and could not resist.

yet they themselves «sinned» before they knew the difference between Good and Evil... Or as you are trying to twist it — judgment of good and evil God must be immoral, if it punishes innocent people for sins they do not understand and could not resEvil... Or as you are trying to twist it — judgment of good and evil God must be immoral, if it punishes innocent people for sins they do not understand and could not resevil God must be immoral, if it punishes innocent people for sins they do not understand and could not resist.

In one sense, Jesus» ethic was so demanding as to break the hearts of all who would follow him: Sell all you have and give to the poor, resist not one who is evil, love your enemy, take no heed for the morrow.

But the evils of this world, so far as it is given us to discern them, are to be resisted, not merely endured.

It takes formidable faith and devotion to resist the evils of one's age, and it is to the history of Christian asceticism — especially, perhaps, the apophthegms of the Desert Fathers — that all Christians, whether married or not, should turn for guidance.

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.

Some of the most widely quoted sayings in the Sermon on the Mount, and the ones most consistently violated, are the commands (Mt 5:38 - 42) to turn the other cheek, to give the cloak when deprived of the coat, to go two miles when compelled to go one, to refuse no request for a gift or a loan, to offer no resistance to an evil man, as recent translations read where the KJV says «resist not evil.»

As stated the evil day is coming, resist it not I will protect you from it

To a certain extent, Christianity could resist these kinds of evil structures; so it was not a denial of other religions, but the denial of evil practices which were exploitative, oppressive and dehumanizing.

He finally resists this temptation because Judas comes to him in his long dream and squeals on the little angel, revealing her to be evil, and pointing out to Jesus that he hasn't done God's will.

Even in the face of the worst evil ever committed — the slaughter of the innocent Lamb of God — Jesus did not resist, but said, «Father forgive them.»

She could be serious as well as humorous, and frequently expressed her hopes and ideals, as a way of resisting the evil she knew was rising outside the annex: «I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.»

It is not required of Christian love to bear all things when evil ought to be resisted, or to believe all things when false ideas, beliefs, or rumors are circulated.

In the Sermon on the Mount there is the familiar and often debated word, «Do not resist one who is evil.

Take no heed for the morrow, resist not the evil person, never divorce, give to anyone who asks, don't defend oneself in court — such an ethic strikes moderns as so other - worldly as to be absurd.

Matthew 5:38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: 39But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

But I say to you, Do not resist one who is evil.

Because Jesus did resist evil, not by the sword but by deeds of love and mercy, the Christian pacifist believes that the followers of Jesus are called to resistance by the same methods.

Citation of the passage, «Do not resist one who is evil.

Evil must be resisted, but not with violence, for even divine violence would result only in greater eEvil must be resisted, but not with violence, for even divine violence would result only in greater evilevil.

Most of us know in our souls that we have no intention of fulfilling Jesus» incredible demands: sell all, resist not the evil man or woman, take no heed for the morrow, leave one's family, bear the cross.

«Resist not evil,» «Love your enemies,» these are saintly maxims of which men of this world find it hard to speak without impatience.

But I tell you not to resist an evil person.

The whole history of constitutional government is a commentary on the excellence of resisting evil, and when one cheek is smitten, of smiting back and not turning the other cheek also.

But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil.

Since the Christian faith is more genuinely bound up with resisting these evils than with responding to scholarly German critics, this theology can not be viewed as in any way inclusively normative for Christians.

The problem is that in Matthew 5 Jesus says: «But I say to you: don't use violence to resist evil!»

people themselves appear to be very comfortable with their hazardous plight and murderous leader and are not ready to resist his corruption, tyranny, evil, ethnic cleansing, mass murder and genocide.

Part of me admires the movie for wanting to truly establish a relationship, but part of me resists such efforts because I know they're all just part of the set - up: Once she's gone, he'll have to find the evil - doers, whether he and the girl were bosom buddies or not; that's just how movies work.

But I tell you not to resist an evil person.

I probably won't be able to resist forcing myself to play Resident Evil 7 in VR mode, just to say I at least tried to.

It couldn't even resist the temptation to put «Evil» in its name.