9 Luke ix. Paul's willingness to spend and be spent illustrates a proper conformity to the precept. This section, which concerns the law of retaliation , grew out of a rule of every-day life which the Pharisees constructed upon a principle of judicature laid down, Exod. The spirit, not the exact letter, of the illustrations is to be observed, and, when the spirit of the precept would demand it, the exact letter. Christians are taught to bear witness by enduring, yielding, and giving.
Sin is to be conquered by being made to feel the power of goodness.
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