Tertullian Quotes

If you take the 'love your enemy' out of Christianity, you've 'unChristianed' the Christian faith.

Another way that you love your enemy is this: When the opportunity presents itself for you to defeat your enemy, that is the time which you must not do it.

Good Christians should never avenge injuries.

We stand at the present time with the Communists, who are also opposing war.... The Sermon on the Mount is our Christian manifesto.

Christians, instead of arming themselves with swords, extend their hands in prayer.

Jesus didn't teach people to kill.

Loving your enemy is a radical concept.

The most revolutionary statement in history is "Love thine enemy

An eye for an eye? How Christian of you.' Unbelievers always want other people to act like Christians.

In the New Testament our enemies are those who harbor hostility against us, not those against whom we cherish hostility, for Jesus refuses to reckon with such a possibility.

I think everyone should treat one another in a Christian manner. I will not, however, be responsible for the consequences.

Christians are nonviolent not, therefore, because we believe that nonviolence is a strategy to rid the world of war, but because nonviolence is constitutive of what it means to be a disciple to Jesus.

I did once seriously think of embracing the Christian faith. The gentle figure of Christ, so full of forgiveness that he taught his followers not to retaliate when abused or struck, but to turn the other cheek - I thought it was a beautiful example of the perfect man.

Bless them that persecute you.' If our enemy cannot put up with us any longer and takes to cursing us, our immediate reaction must be to lift up our hands and bless him. Our enemies are the blessed of the Lord. Their curse can do us no harm. May their poverty be enriched with all the riches of God, with the blessing of Him whom they seek to oppose in vain. We are ready to endure their curses so long as they redound to their blessing.

Then I read this: “You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven” (Matthew 5:43-45). That's it! I was thunderstruck

The sooner we recognize the fact that the mercy of the Almighty extends to every creature endowed with life, the better it will be for us as men and Christians.

Love your enemy, it will scare the hell out of them.

He (Jesus) knew that the old eye-for-eye philosophy would leave everyone blind. He did not seek to overcome evil with evil. He overcame evil with good. Although crucified by hate, he responded with aggressive love.

It takes quite a spine to turn the other cheek. It takes phenomenal fortitude to love your enemy. It takes firm resolve to pray for those who persecute you. (with reference to Matthew 5)

Christian love draws no distinction between one enemy and another, except that the more bitter our enemy's hatred, the greater his need of love.

Love thy enemies, it says in the scriptures. My foster mother always added, "At the very least, you will be polite to them.

When He tells us to love our enemies He gives, along with the command, the love itself.

A Christian is committed to the belief that Love and Mercy are the most powerful forces on earth.

Are you angry with someone? Pray for that person. That is what Christian love is.