His commands are one and belong together, as the sap and the tree or the flame and its light . Therefore Jesus' words about marriage cannot be taken out of the context of the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus represented the will of love in marriage as the will to unity. But this love is revealed just as clearly in freedom from possessions and from judging, in nonviolence and forgiveness and love for one's enemies. Love that is complete presses on to voluntary poverty, because it cannot keep for itself anything that a neighbor lacks.
Love is defenseless because it has given up self-preservation and revenge.
It remains undaunted and bears evil and wrong for conscience' sake. Nonviolence reveals the love that overcomes all. Love forgoes everything of its own. Anyone who by a clear conscience protects the mystery of his faith will stay away from any dealings with legal or hostile actions, just as the elders of the early church did. The justice of Christ does not sue, nor will it act as intermediary.