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I posted this scripture the other day
Psalm 139:21-22
21 Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
22 I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.

Now I will post this scripture
Matthew 5:43-48
and ask if anyone can reconcile these two scriptures?

Matthew 5:43-48
43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. 44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; 45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. 46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? 47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? 48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

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21 Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

22 I HATE THEM WITH PERFECT HATRED: I COUNT THEM MINE ENEMIES.
Psalm 139:21-22

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Philippians 4:13 Interlinear: share.google/dJCPT55P8pfyz3Vgi

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If God is working ALL THINGS after the counsel of His own will.......How many things are left for you and I to work after the counsel of our own will?

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HELPS Word-studies
3962 patḗr – father; one who imparts life and is committed to it; a progenitor, bringing into being to pass on the potential for likeness.

3962 /patḗr ("father") is used of our heavenly Father. He imparts life, from physical birth to the gift of eternal life through the second birth (regeneration, being born again). Through ongoing sanctification, the believer more and more resembles their heavenly Father – i.e. each time they receive faith from Him and obey it, which results in their unique glorification.

[3962 /patḗr ("father") refers to a begetter, originator, progenitor – one in "intimate connection and relationship" (Gesenius). JUST AS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, THE OLD TESTAMENT NEVER SPEAKS OF UNIVERSAL FATHERHOOD OF GOD TOWARD MEN (see. G. B. Steven's concession, The Theology of the New Testament, p 70; see p 68) (TWOT 1, 6).

For more on the Fatherhood of God see: Bruce, F. F., NIDNTT 2. 655-656; Burton, E. de W., The Epistle to the Galatians (Edinburgh: Clark 1921) 384-392; Jeremias, J., The Prayers of Jesus (ET) (London: SCM, 1967) 11-65.]

biblehub.com/greek/3962.htm

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Hagios is the greek word for Holy or Saints it means set apart, otherness, different from the world because being like Christ......

Excerpt from the The Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature by John McClintock and James Strong.
Under Constantine:
"Whatever may have been the true character of Constantine's conversion to the Christian faith, its consequences were of vast importance both to the empire and to the Church of Christ. It opened the way for the unobstructed propagation of the Gospel to a wider extent than at any former period of its history. All impediments to an open profession of Christianity were removed, and it became the established religion of the empire. Numerous, however, in various points of view, as were the advantages accruing to it from this change, IT SOON BEGAN TO SUFFER FROM BEING BROUGHT INTO CLOSE CONTACT WITH THE FOSTERING INFLUENCE OF SECULAR POWER. THE SIMPLICITY OF THE GOSPEL WAS CORRUPTED; POMPOUS RITES AND CEREMONIES WERE INTRODUCED; WORLDLY HONORS AND EMOLUMENTS WERE CONFERRED ON THE TEACHERS OF CHRISTIANITY, AND THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST IN A GREAT MEASURE CONVERTED INTO A KINGDOM OF THIS WORLD."

Emoluments-means salaries

www.biblicalcyclopedia.com/C/constantine.html

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2784 /kērýssō ("to herald") refers to preaching the Gospel as the authoritative (binding) word of God, bringing eternal accountability to all who hear it.

biblehub.com/greek/2784.htm

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All things born hunger......

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Wouldn't you rather sit alone
"In Truth",
rather than be surrounded by crowds
"in compromise"?

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