Luke 6:27-36 On Love of One’s Enemies Bible serves as a fundament for Christian religion. Followers believe that this book is saint and they can find all answers in it. It provides people with a certain model of lifestyle, which includes a set of rules to obey. Moreover, the book describes the history of people 's creation and development. Based on the knowledge received from the Bible, humans create a new religion called Christianity. However, nowadays there exist multiple interpretations of the book. According to the Bible, it was originally written in Hebrew, the native language of Moses, who recorded the words of God. Then it was translated to other languages. It is a common knowledge that translations cannot be fully identical to the
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Of course, all of them have a right to exist as every person finds the answers to his/her own questions in Bible. As for me, the question should not consist in the how a person should love his/her enemies, but who are these enemies?
For most people, enemies are the people, who they hate. Nonetheless, our enemies are often people, who have been hurt by us and who are close to us: spouse, parent, relatives, friends, and acquaintances. They can also appear to be enemies as they experience strong negative feelings towards us. In this case, the act of love or charity can destroy the barrier of a person and change his or her attitude. The Bible states: “Love your enemies. Do good to them who hate …show more content…
If to speak about the content of the passage "On Love of One’s Enemies", it is possible to say that they differ only in wording and stylistic features. There are a huge number of the extract 's interpretations. The most widespread were provided by Gill, Matthew Pool and the authors of Geneva Study Bible. All of them concentrated on the type and reason of love to enemies. However, I think that the most important here is to identify the true meaning of the word "enemy" in the Bible 's context. According to the text, it is a person, who "hates you", which could presuppose close people. That is why, I think that in the Bible it is actually proposed not to harbor thoughts of revenge and learn to love the
Of course, all of them have a right to exist as every person finds the answers to his/her own questions in Bible. As for me, the question should not consist in the how a person should love his/her enemies, but who are these enemies?
For most people, enemies are the people, who they hate. Nonetheless, our enemies are often people, who have been hurt by us and who are close to us: spouse, parent, relatives, friends, and acquaintances. They can also appear to be enemies as they experience strong negative feelings towards us. In this case, the act of love or charity can destroy the barrier of a person and change his or her attitude. The Bible states: “Love your enemies. Do good to them who hate …show more content…
If to speak about the content of the passage "On Love of One’s Enemies", it is possible to say that they differ only in wording and stylistic features. There are a huge number of the extract 's interpretations. The most widespread were provided by Gill, Matthew Pool and the authors of Geneva Study Bible. All of them concentrated on the type and reason of love to enemies. However, I think that the most important here is to identify the true meaning of the word "enemy" in the Bible 's context. According to the text, it is a person, who "hates you", which could presuppose close people. That is why, I think that in the Bible it is actually proposed not to harbor thoughts of revenge and learn to love the