‹But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and› [to] ‹the evil.›
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Mais aimez vos ennemis, faites du bien, et prêtez sans rien espérer. Et votre récompense sera grande, et vous serez fils du Très-Haut, car il est bon pour les ingrats et pour les méchants.
KJV
‹But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and› [to] ‹the evil.›
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
trangers. Wherefore Our Lord forbade a man to divorce his wife ( Mat. 5:32 ); and to receive usury ( Lk. 6:35 ), when He said: "Lend, hoping for nothing thereby." In another way they erred by thinking that certain things which the Old Law commanded to be done for justice's sake,…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
l. Objection 4: Further, the counsels are not binding under sin. But, among other counsels we find ( Lk. 6:35 ): "Lend, hoping for nothing thereby." Therefore it is not a sin to take usury. Objection 5: Further, it does not seem to be in itself sinful to accept a price for doing…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
ns against the favor. Therefore he should be deprived of the favor. On the contrary, It is written ( Lk. 6:35 ) that "the Highest . . . is kind to the unthankful, and to the evil." Now we should prove ourselves His children by imitating Him ( Lk. 6:36 ). Therefore we should not w…
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