Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you.

Ἀγαπᾶτε τοὺς ἐχθροὺς ὑμῶν, καλῶς ποιεῖτε τοῖς μισοῦσιν ὑμᾶς.

Jesus

Luke 6:27

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Loving one's enemies Enemies

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of Luke The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands Paradox

Language

Greek

Time

61 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Founder of a religion Religious leader

From

Israel Middle East Roman Empire

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Luke 6:27).

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Another quote about Enemies

If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Prose Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Enemies Empathy

Author

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Source
Table-Talk (Longfellow) Prose Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Language
English
Time
1857 1850s 19th century
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Original Citation

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. "Table-Talk." Prose Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Vol. 1. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1857.

Current Citation

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. "Table-Talk." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Poems and Other Writings, edited by J. D. McClatchy. Library of America, 2000.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.

Isaiah 40:4-5

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Justice
Source
Isaiah The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Prophecies and predictions
Language
Hebrew
Time
681 BC 680s BC 7th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Isaiah 40:4-5).

Another quote originally in Greek

When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

Apostle Paul

1st Corinthians 13:11

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Being a man Growing up Maturity

Author

Apostle Paul
Source
1st Corinthians The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Greek
Time
55 50s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Corinthians 13:11).

Another quote of the following type Orders and commands

Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

God

Exodus 20:12

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Topic
Parents and children Filial piety The Ten Commandments
Speaker
God
Source
Exodus The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Orders and commands
Language
Hebrew
Time
1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Exodus 20:12).