DAY 343
Repay No One Evil for Evil
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ORIGINAL
μηδενὶ κακὸν ἀντὶ κακοῦ ἀποδιδόντες, προνοούμενοι καλὰ ἐνώπιον πάντων ἀνθρώπων.
📜 THE VERSE
Repay no one evil for evil. Give thought to doing what is good in the sight of all.
❓ TODAY'S QUESTION
When hurt, which do I plan first—how to strike back, or how to let it go?
📝Reflection
Repaying evil with evil is instinct. Struck, we want to strike; wronged, we want to return it. Paul says break the chain of that instinct. Revenge feels relieving for a moment, but in that moment I too become part of the evil. One who repays resentment steps into the same mud as the other. More often than feeling clean after striking back, I felt dirtier. To not repay evil with evil is not weakness but the strong choice to refuse to attach the next link to that chain.
— ONGO · Curator
🌱Apply It Today
Even if someone is rude to you today, instead of returning it in kind, simply let it pass with composure.
📖 Source:
Romans 12:17.
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.
