For what credit is there if you endure the beatings you deserve for having done wrong? But if you endure suffering even when you have done right, God will bless you for it.

He committed no sin, and no one ever heard a lie come from his lips.

If you repay good with evil, you will never get evil out of your house.

Don't take it on yourself to repay a wrong. Trust the LORD and he will make it right.

But now I tell you: do not take revenge on someone who wrongs you. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, let him slap your left cheek too.

But now I tell you: love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

"But I tell you who hear me: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

If anyone hits you on one cheek, let him hit the other one too; if someone takes your coat, let him have your shirt as well.

Ask God to bless those who persecute you---yes, ask him to bless, not to curse.

If someone has done you wrong, do not repay him with a wrong. Try to do what everyone considers to be good.

Never take revenge, my friends, but instead let God's anger do it. For the scripture says, "I will take revenge, I will pay back, says the Lord."

Do not let evil defeat you; instead, conquer evil with good.

we wear ourselves out with hard work. When we are cursed, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure;

when we are insulted, we answer back with kind words. We are no more than this world's garbage; we are the scum of the earth to this very moment!

Instead, be kind and tender-hearted to one another, and forgive one another, as God has forgiven you through Christ.

See that no one pays back wrong for wrong, but at all times make it your aim to do good to one another and to all people.

It was to this that God called you, for Christ himself suffered for you and left you an example, so that you would follow in his steps.

But after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who calls you to share his eternal glory in union with Christ, will himself perfect you and give you firmness, strength, and a sure foundation.

We know that in all things God works for good with those who love him, those whom he has called according to his purpose.

And so those whom God set apart, he called; and those he called, he put right with himself, and he shared his glory with them.

And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake, will receive a hundred times more and will be given eternal life.

Then the King will say to the people on his right, 'Come, you that are blessed by my Father! Come and possess the kingdom which has been prepared for you ever since the creation of the world.

As Jesus was starting on his way again, a man ran up, knelt before him, and asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to receive eternal life?"

A teacher of the Law came up and tried to trap Jesus. "Teacher," he asked, "what must I do to receive eternal life?"

A Jewish leader asked Jesus, "Good Teacher, what must I do to receive eternal life?"