He did not retaliate. He met cruelty with kindess. Sometimes Christian business people leave Christ at Church. If we exhibit fruit other than that given by the Spirit, we are not living for God and we are not then really children of God. Faithfulness, Meekness, self-control.
Meekness involves keeping power under control.
You follow someone. If you want to be a child of God, you must be born again, of the water and the spirit. If you are a child of God and you have allowed Satan to take you back, you can come back to God.