I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them my enemies.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Hatred. Christ commands, "Love your enemies "not those who hate God. (St. Augustine)
We must love in them what God loves, and detest what he condemns. (Theodoret)
The Jews abused this passage, thinking they might hate those who were not of their nation. (Calmet)
The example of the prophet might have rectified them. (Berthier)
Fervent zeal against God's enemies is commendable.