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Members of the Anabaptist (Mennonite, Amish, Hutterite and Schwarzenau Brethren/German Baptist) denominations and other peace churches like the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaker Quakers] have [[interpreted]] this passage to mean that Christians should do nothing to [[physically]] resist an enemy. According to this [[belief]], only [[God]] has the [[right]] to [[execute]] [[punishments]]. Non-resistance Christians note that [[sacrificial]] [[love]] of [[Jesus]] resulted in his submission to [[crucifixion]] rather than [[vengeance]].
 
Members of the Anabaptist (Mennonite, Amish, Hutterite and Schwarzenau Brethren/German Baptist) denominations and other peace churches like the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaker Quakers] have [[interpreted]] this passage to mean that Christians should do nothing to [[physically]] resist an enemy. According to this [[belief]], only [[God]] has the [[right]] to [[execute]] [[punishments]]. Non-resistance Christians note that [[sacrificial]] [[love]] of [[Jesus]] resulted in his submission to [[crucifixion]] rather than [[vengeance]].
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==See also==
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*'''''[[Resistance]]'''''
 
==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==
 
# R. K. Prabhu & U. R. Rao, editors; from section “Between Cowardice and Violence,” of the book The Mind of Mohandas Gandhi, Ahemadabad, India, Revised Edition, 1967.
 
# R. K. Prabhu & U. R. Rao, editors; from section “Between Cowardice and Violence,” of the book The Mind of Mohandas Gandhi, Ahemadabad, India, Revised Edition, 1967.