DAY 279
Turn the Other Cheek
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ORIGINAL
ὅστις σε ῥαπίζει εἰς τὴν δεξιὰν σιαγόνα, στρέψον αὐτῷ καὶ τὴν ἄλλην
📜 THE VERSE
If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also.
❓ TODAY'S QUESTION
When insulted, do I know a strength other than repaying insult with an equal insult?
📝Reflection
This saying is not a call to accept more blows, but a description of the boldness required to break a cycle of violence. The one who offers the struck cheek again is not the weaker party — they are the strongest, refusing to hand their own response over to someone else's violence. Retaliation doubles violence. The one who stops it right there ends the entire cycle. This is not submission; it is the quietest form of resistance.
— ONGO · Curator
🌱Apply It Today
If someone provokes you today, stop right there instead of striking back in kind.
📖 Source:
Matthew 5:39.
그리스어 원전(Westcott-Hort 1881) + 개역한글판(1961, PD) 참조, ONGO 자체 의역.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
