Romans 12:14-15 : "Bless them that persecute you; bless, and curse not. Rejoice with them that rejoice; weep with them that weep”. Persecutions are the common lot of Christians. "Yea, and all that would live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution" (2 Timothy 3:12). It is living godly as a Christian that brings persecution. It is not personal enmity; it is enmity against Christ. This should cause the Christian to pity the persecutor for his blind rage. The greatest blessing we can confer upon the persecutor is to lead him to be a Christian. To curse does not mean to use ordinary profanity; it is a call for calamity to befall a person. If a fellow-Christian has a righteous cause for rejoicing, we should rejoice with him. Too often we envy the good fortune of others. And we should enter into full sympathy with others in their sorrows.