Glossa Ordinaria

Not rendering. Not only should you cease to render evil for evil, but even for a curse give a blessing. Because unto this. Because he had forbidden to render evil for evil, etc., up to that we also shall receive a crown for their salvation, which we were praying for. That a blessing. The judge saying: Come, ye blessed of my Father, possess the kingdom. Or the blessing is understood by which the saints in the life to come shall bless God. What therefore each one desires to come in the future, let him be busy to meditate upon and to do in the present; let him bless his Creator and his brother, and render himself worthy of a brother's blessing.