'You shall not hate your fellow countryman in your heart; you may surely reprove your neighbor, but shall not incur sin because of him.On the surface, this appears to be pretty evident, and sorely lacking in our modern times. Maybe it's because I pay too much attention to politics, but it seems that we tend to hate more of our countrymen than not. Can't say I'm immune to this, either, though I try not to let my disagreements become personal. I know I personally like the "reprove your neighbor" part more than I should.
I'm not quite sure how closely these two halves of the verse are supposed to go together. My first thought is that this is similar to the passage in Ephesians that says to not sin in your anger. However, I'm not confident that I'm interpreting it correctly. I guess my uncertainty comes back to where the line defining sin is. Is it just that you hate the guy, or is it something more subtle?
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