Ayin, Vav, nun - AVON - is the Hebrew word for iniquity.
The word, esoterically means The Eye (ayin) hooks into something (vav) which multiplies (nun).
Jesus said "depart from me you workers of iniquity, i never knew you", aka "depart from me, you doers of your own thing, I am not part of your life".
Our lives grow cold when we hook our eyes onto something apart from Him and fill ourselves with it. It multiplies in our life, and it grows up a harvest further alienates us from God.
Now, does that sound like turning the other cheek? I don't think so. We're supposed to call out evil and fight against it.
Whether we should defend ourselves, or fight against others who attack us is one question.
We see more clearly when we stand in defense of someone else. Even when we are making a mistake, the mistake is far less when it is done for the love of someone else. There is always a great risk in defending ourselves directly, that we will be acting purely out of the love of our own life. And that is pride.
Spot on!
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