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Is it right to curse people?

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"Is it right to curse people?" (Alleged Contradiction #E3195)
Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.

Romans 12:14

If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.

I Corinthians 16:22

But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.  As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

Galatians 1:8-9

Response

We should not curse those which persecute us.  If Paul is cursing anyone in these verses, he is cursing false believers (wolves) in the church.

Furthermore, for those who are against Jesus Christ, a curse already rests on them (John 3:18)—not our curse, but God’s.  Thus, by stating that such people are cursed is not to curse them ourselves.  Even so, when Jesus Christ was crucified, He did not curse His persecutors or even point out that they were already condemned—He instead prayed for them, and we should do likewise to those who persecute us.  However, God differentiates between the world outside the church and hypocrites within it.


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