Sentences with phrase «to resist evil»

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

They see their role in resisting evil as little more than a speed bump.

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

But I tell you to not resist an evil person; just kill him.

said, «It has been said to you formerly, Tooth for tooth and nose for nose; but I say to you, Do not resist evil with evil.

As nonviolent ways of resisting evil spread and as non-oppressive ways of governing increase, we can «stand up and raise our heads, because our redemption is drawing near.»

Jesus rebukes James and John for their thirst for violent retaliation (Luke 9:51 — 56), encourages His followers to endure patiently when violently attacked (Mark 13:9 — 13), and disarms Peter when he violently resists evil by hacking off the ear of a man trying to arrest Jesus (Matt.

To those who quote sections of the Koran that say «slay the infidels» and think that this shows that Islam teaches violence, I say — those things are metaphors for resisting evil within oneself within one's own mind, resisting anything that turns one away from God.

5) Does our life together honor Jesus, those who have gone before us, and those among us who are: Renouncing assumed privilege, conscientiously resisting evil, striving for justice and peace, bringing hope to those Jesus called the least of his sisters and brothers?

When the Church falls the final judgment is at hand as there is nothing left to resist the Evil One.

But Jesus says, do not resist evil at all.

All the people trying that keep bringing this up have probably never attempted to resist any evil let alone make an oath of celibacy.

Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr., were nonviolent, but they aggressively resisted evil.

Sometimes, to their shame, Christians have not roused themselves to resist evil government, and sometimes, to their credit, they have.

The fear is that, your opponents will use all means within its limit provided by laws of the land and natural laws provided us by God to fiercely resist your evil plans to decimate the NDC.

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.»

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).

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

«Through interhuman compassion and justice, the reality and power of God are present to resist evil in history.»

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.

Do not resist an evil person.

He said «You have heard it said by them of old time... (referring to the old testament), but I say unto you...» Such as «resist no evil,» «turn the other cheek.»

They exercised the moral agency that was theirs to choose good and resist evil.

But in the absence of such means, the tradition of just war views armed conflict as an appropriate way to resist evil, protect innocent lives and restore just social relationships.

Jesus therefore models His own command to not «resist evil... but turn the other cheek.»

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

«Don't resist evil.

The Judeo Christian heritage has teachings like that too that instruct to resist evil and it uses subtle metaphors that can seem to say turn away or fight against this group or that group.

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.

In this battle many are to weak to resist the evil, many are deceived and few prevail.

Surely, this is resisting evil, when Jesus told us to turn the other cheek.

There are so many ways to resist evil than by resorting to violence.

One of the most important things our Lord revealed to us is the need to be free from the captivity of the devil — not the (theologically speaking) Romans; since His mission was fundamentally spiritual (John 1:31 - 33; John 3:3; John 4:24 etc.) So we can discern evil from good, and resist evil, become imbued by agape love; and take up our crosses.

He says we should not resist an evil person but disarm him by turning the other cheek and walking the extra mile.

Finally, please do not decide to leave it to other people to resist this evil.

Nonviolent resistance, on the other hand, is actively devoted to resisting evil and injustice in every way possible, yet without resorting to violence.

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.

To put it somewhat differently, the biblical and patriotic gestures of his Letter and famous speeches allow him to conjure an atmosphere of love and loyalty — love of God, love of neighbor, loyalty to country, loyalty to place — even as he spoke forcefully about the need to resist evil.

how to resist the evil that lurks at every moment.

But I tell you not to resist an evil person.

And it has everything to do, I suggest, with four themes that arise from the modern expression of Ockhamite nominalism: the deterioration of the idea of freedom into willfulness, the detachment of freedom from moral truth, an obsession with «choice,» and the consequent inability to draw the most elementary moral conclusions about the imperative to resist 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!»

Whether engaged in an extensive conversation with his wife involving the definition of «resisting evil» or arguing with her about the best way to spend their money, «Winter Sleep» takes its time establishing Aydin's troubled, self - involved subjectivity.