^14 (A)Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.

^9 (A)Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, ^(B)bless, for ^(C)to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.

⁴⁴ But I say to you, ^(A)Love your enemies and ^(B)pray for those who persecute you,

¹⁵ See that ^(A)no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always ^(B)seek to do good to one another and to everyone.

¹² and we ^(A)labor, working with our own hands. ^(B)When reviled, we bless; ^(C)when persecuted, we endure; ¹³ when slandered, we entreat. ^(D)We have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, ^(E)the refuse of all things.

²¹ Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

^28 (A)bless those who curse you, ^(B)pray for those who abuse you.

¹⁰ From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers,^[a] these things ought not to be so.

³⁴ And Jesus said, “Father, ^(A)forgive them, ^(B)for they know not what they do.”^[a] And they cast lots ^(C)to divide his garments.

²¹ For ^(A)to this you have been called, ^(B)because Christ also suffered for you, ^(C)leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps. ^22 (D)He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth. ^23 (E)When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, ^(F)but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.