Matthew 5:45

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Matthew 5:43–47 · Berean Standard Bible

43 You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ and ‘Hate your enemy.’

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

45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

46 If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Do not even tax collectors do the same?

47 And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even Gentiles do the same?

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Matthew 5:9

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.

Luke 6:35

But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

John 13:35

By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”

Ephesians 5:1

Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,

1 John 3:9

Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.

Job 25:3

Can His troops be numbered? On whom does His light not rise?

Psalms 145:9

The LORD is good to all; His compassion rests on all He has made.

Acts 14:17

Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”