Augustine of Hippo, on Luke 6:27

“But I say to you that hear: Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you.”

“(de Serm. Dom. lib. 1. c. 20.) He says not, To him that seeketh give all things, but give what you justly and honestly can, that is, what as far as man can know or believe, neither hurts you, nor another: and if thou hast justly refused any one, the justice must be declared to him, (so as not to send him away empty,) sometimes thou wilt confer even a greater boon when thou hast corrected him who seeks what he ought not.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.