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Originally Posted by SerenityLives
What happened to turning the other cheek when someone slaps you?
See thats why sometimes I feel the Bible is contradictory at times.
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There's no contradiction in this particular case.
The "if he repents" verses are about interactions among believers. The "turn the other cheek" is regarding unbelievers.
Matthew 5:39
But I tell you, do not resist an
evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also.
The "evil person" is not a believer, but an unbeliever. There are different requirements for believers versus unbelievers, and for interacting with believers versus unbelievers.
There is no case in the church where believers are told to be okay with unrepentant sin of another believer, but instead repeatedly say to rebuke and confront and address it. The only exception is 1 Corinthians 6 but that is regarding going as far as lawsuits, and it does not in any way mean that the Matthew 18 steps of confronting your brother, telling another, telling the church, and then treating them as tax collectors if they don't repent do not apply.