1 Thes. 5:15–Do Good to One Another and Everyone

1 Thessalonians 5:15–"See to it that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone."

It is, unfortunately, perfectly natural for anyone of us to have a retributive bent.  After all, it is far more normal for us to wish ill will on those who have wronged us or to make enemies of those who have treated us as such.  However, in Christ we are called to adhere to another type of ethic altogether.  We are called to love, to truly love one another.  This is, to be sure, more difficult than the former but it is the right and the godly way to live.  Let us love then when we are confronted and bombarded with evil, and in so doing live as Christ.