“ In a word, love teaches to suffer and endure all things. ”
Martin Luther, Table Talk (1566). copy citation
Author | Martin Luther |
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Source | Table Talk |
Topic | suffering love |
Date | 1566 |
Language | English |
Reference | |
Note | Translated by William Hazlitt |
Weblink | http://www.ntslibrary.com/PDF%20Books/Luther%20Table%20Talk.pdf |
Context
“Hence flows unto us, a Christian, the love which says: I will, instead of the evil which mine enemy does unto me, do him all the good I can; I will heap coals of fire upon his head. This is the Christian armor and weapon, wherewith to beat and overcome those enemies that seem to be like huge mountains. In a word, love teaches to suffer and endure all things. CCCXXIII. A certain honest and God-fearing man at Wittenberg, told me, that though he lived peaceably with every one, hurt no man, was ever quiet, yet many people were enemies unto him. I comforted him in this manner: Arm thyself with patience, and be not angry though they hate thee; what offence, I pray, do we give the devil?”
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