And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even Gentiles do the same?
I came not to sweep away the foundation of the Old Testament but to fulfill it, establish it, unfold it, embody it in living form. Fear not that I will subvert God's living oracles; rather, enshrine them in reverence, affection, and character.
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Commenting on Matthew 5:17-48
Saluting only your own nation and religion is nothing uncommon or excellent. Even heathens do the same for theirs. The question cuts to the heart: wherein do you excel if you love only those who love you first?
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Even publicans, those toll masters whom the Jews despised for serving Rome and for covetousness, greet their own. If you do no more than they do, you show no Christian difference at all.
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