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“Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.” No rights they might claim protect this community of strangers in the world. Nor do they claim any such rights, for they are the meek, who renounce all rights of their own for the sake of Jesus Christ. When they are berated, they are quiet. When violence is done to them, they endure it. When they are cast out, they yield. [21] They do not sue for their rights; they do not make a scene when injustice is done them. They do not want rights of their own. They want to leave all justice to God; non cupidi vindictae [not desirous of vengeance] [22] is the interpretation of the early church. What is right for their Lord should be right for them. Only that.”

Rodney Combs, Shepherd's Notes--Bonhoeffer's the Cost of Discipleship
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Shepherd's Notes--Bonhoeffer's the Cost of Discipleship Shepherd's Notes--Bonhoeffer's the Cost of Discipleship by Rodney Combs
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