Section 6
hate you, bless those who curse you, pray con cerning those who revile you." In verse 27 the ones who hear are those who believe, those who receive the Lord's word.
In verses 27 and 28 we see the highest stan dard of morality. To love our enemies and to do good to those who hate us is the highest standard of morality. It is also the highest stan dard of morality to bless those who curse us and to pray concerning those who revile us. Al though it is easy for us to read these verses, it is extremely difficult for us to practice them. Actually, in order to fulfill these words, we need to be a God-man, a person saturated with God and mingled with Him.
In verse 29 the Lord says, "To him who beats you on the cheek, offer also the other; and from him who takes away your cloak, do not with hold your tunic either." To offer the other cheek to the one who beats us proves that we have the power to suffer instead of resisting, and the power to walk neither in the flesh nor in the soul for our own interests, but in the spirit for the kingdom of God.
The "cloak" in verse 29 is an outer garment, and the "tunic" is a garment worn next to the body. Here the Lord says that from him who