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How do you respond when someone insults you? Hear Jesus’s teaching in Matthew 5:38-39.

The robbed that smiles steals something from the thief. William Shakespeare #Turn the other cheek #Wisdom #Leadership #Strength

​“Turn The Other Cheek” (Matthew 5:38-40) ​Jesus said “When someone strikes you on your right cheek, turn the other one to him as well.” Did Jesus mean that we should allow others to...

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💫That's sooooo facinating~~ that's why people cant interpret the Bible by direct translations~ You have to look at it as how they perceived it back then. To be slapped in Jesus day was akin to the greatest insult you could give a person~~ like swearing at them today. So then when He says turn the other cheek~~ He actually means let them insult you in whatever way~~ God it's so cool because even the tunic You refer to is actually the loincloth~ and to sue someone for their underwear is…

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RESPOND IN LOVE! But I say, do not resist an evil person! If someone slaps you on the right cheek, offer the other cheek also (Matthew 5:39). As Christians, when faced with aggression we are told not to retaliate with the same aggressive manner. We are to be angry but sin not (Ephesians 4:26). Meet the adversary with love. It may be easier said than done but anyone can stay and argue-It takes an even stronger person to be silent and/or walk away. Greater is He who is in you than he that is…