Bless them which persecute you; i.e. pray for them, and wish well to them. This is borrowed from Matthew 5:44 Luke 6:28: see the like in 1 Peter 3:9. This is commended to us by the example of Christ himself, Isaiah 53:12 Luke 23:34 1 Peter 2:23; of Stephen, Acts 7:60; of Paul, and the primitive Christians, 1 Corinthians 4:12. Bless, and curse not: his doubling the exhortation shows the difficulty of the duty; it is contrary to corrupt nature: and it denotes the constancy of it; we must persevere therein. When he saith, curse not, he means, wish no evil to your enemies. Objection. The prophets and apostles went contrary to this: see 2 Kings 2:24 Psalms 69:22,23 Ac 8:20 13:10,11 23:3. Answer. These did it by a special vocation and instinct of the Spirit.
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Romans 12:14
14 Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.