 | William Ellery Channing - Antislavery movements - 1843 - 432 pages
...says to us : " If a man smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. If he take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain." Is this a recognition of our neighbour's right to smite us, to take our coat,... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - Antislavery movements - 1843 - 442 pages
...says to us : " If a man smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. If he take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain." Is this a recognition of our neighbour's right to smite us, to take our coat,... | |
 | John Bird Sumner - Bible - 1843 - 562 pages
...meaning in those words of their heavenly Lord, " If any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also? And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain."3 There is a time, when a christian spirit will yield a just claim rather... | |
 | Universalism - 1861 - 462 pages
...say unto you that ye resist not evil ; but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if any man will sue thee at the...cloak also. And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. . . . Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate... | |
 | Watchman Nee - Religion - 1977 - 79 pages
...right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if any man would go to law with thee, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. And whosoever shall compel thee to go one mile, go with him twain. Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn... | |
 | Robert S. Hartman - 19th & 20th Century Philosophy - 1994 - 228 pages
...does nothing. Here are more of Jesus' examples: "If any man will sue thee at the law, and take thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain" (Matthew 5:40-41). What does it all mean? It means we should overcome the... | |
 | John P. Scott - Religion - 1996 - 182 pages
...say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if any man will sue thee at the...cloak also. And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee, turn... | |
 | 1913 - 446 pages
...right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if any man would go to law with thee, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. And whosoever shall compel thee to go one mile, go with him two.' 3. 5. 183. For the metre, see notes on 3. 4. 64; 3. 5. 186. See also Abbott,... | |
 | Theodore Dreiser - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 786 pages
...to their efforts.) "Resist not evil; but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. "And if any man will sue thee at the...cloak also. "And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. "Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn... | |
 | Staff of Summit University, Mark L. Prophet, Elizabeth Clare Prophet - Spiritual life - 2002 - 134 pages
...say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if any man will sue thee at the...cloak also. And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn... | |
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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. And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. And whosoever shall compel thee to... 
