Love your enemies] Luke 6. 27. A man may do good to some whom he loves not: but here our Saviour requires love of heart, to them who heartily hate us.
blesse them that curse you] Expresse your hearty love in good words and wishes to them who wish you ill.
do good to them that hate you] Shew your love in good deeds to them, that by their unkinde dealing make it manifest that they hate you, 1 Samuel 24:17. Psalms 7:4. Galatians 6:10. Romans 12:20.
pray for them, &c.] Luke 23:34. Acts 7:60. 1 Corinthians 4:12.
and persecute you] Who seek to bring you to destruction, ver. 11, 12.