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Kevin Leavitt wrote:
I agree. "Love for your enemy" does not have to mean weakness, or love in the sense that we typically consider love. I think it simply means seeking to understand him/her. ...
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An admonition likewise misunderstood, which is something else, yet again --
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Gospel of John, 2:15 wrote:
And making a whip of cords, he drove them all, with the sheep and oxen, out of the temple; and he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables."
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1 Cor 4:19-21 wrote:
But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I will find out not the talk of these arrogant people but their power. For the kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power. What do you wish? Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love in a spirit of gentleness?
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Rough love is love no less.