LOVE YOUR ENEMIES Matthew 5:44 Red Letter Mineral Wash Boxy Tee

Read the back.

A lot of our culture runs on having enemies. Pick a side, find the people on the other one, and enjoy disliking them; the algorithm will help. Jesus heard a version of that in his day too. On the back, the old saying is quoted in black and one red pen line strikes only its last four words, and hate your enemy. Love your neighbor stays, underlined, because that line is God's own command in Leviticus 19:18. Then his answer, in red, big enough to read from across the room.

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,
Matthew 5:43-44, World English Bible

The context. This is the Sermon on the Mount. Six times Jesus says, “You have heard that it was said… but I tell you,” and each time he goes deeper than the rule, not around it. “Love your neighbor” is Scripture (Leviticus 19:18). “Hate your enemy” is not written anywhere in the Law; it was the part people added to make the command smaller. Jesus does not cross out the command. He removes the limit. The next verse gives the reason: so that you may be children of your Father in heaven, who sends sun and rain on the evil and the good. None of us came to God as his friend. He loved us first, and now he asks us to love like that. Nobody manages this on willpower. It is grace before it is a task.

• LOVE YOUR / ENEMIES in red on the chest; the full passage on the back, Jesus' words in red, the saying he quotes in black
• 275 gsm (8.1 oz/yd²) 100% cotton, mineral washed for a faded, lived-in color (no two wash out exactly alike)
• Boxy cut with dropped shoulders; size down for a closer fit
• Unisex sizing; see the size chart in the photos
• Care: wash cold inside out, tumble dry low or hang dry