Now there is a final reason I think that Jesus says, 'Love your enemie…

Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Now there is a final reason I think that Jesus says, 'Love your enemies.' It is this: that love has within it a redemptive power. And there is a power there that eventually transforms individuals. ✨ Loving Your Enemies. Speech delivered at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, Montgomery, Alabama, November 17, 1957.
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