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

^44 [a]But I say to you, ^(A)love your enemies, bless those who curse you, ^(B)do good to those who hate you, and pray ^(C)for those who spitefully use you and persecute you,

^9 (A)not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary ^(B)blessing, knowing that you were called to this, ^(C)that you may inherit a blessing.

^15 (A)See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone, but always ^(B)pursue what is good both for yourselves and for all.

^12 (A)And we labor, working with our own hands. ^(B)Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure; ¹³ being defamed, we ^[a]entreat. ^(C)We have been made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things until now.

²¹ Do not be overcome by evil, but ^(A)overcome evil with good.

¹⁰ Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so.

^28 (A)bless those who curse you, and ^(B)pray for those who spitefully use you.

^34 [a]Then Jesus said, “Father, ^(A)forgive them, for ^(B)they do not know what they do.”

And ^(C)they divided His garments and cast lots.

²¹ For ^(A)to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for ^[a]us, ^(B)leaving ^[b]us an example, that you should follow His steps: