p. 148
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By our enemies Jesus means those who are quite intractable and utterly unresponsive to our love.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "By our enemies Jesus means those who are quite intractable and utterly unresponsive to our love." in the context of "p. 148" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Dietrich Bonhoeffer" (Quotes, Discipleship (1937): Quotes from English translations of Nachfolge (1937), also translated as The Cost of Discipleship (1949) , The Enemy, the "Extraordinary")
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About Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (4 February 1906 – 9 April 1945) was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian, participant in the German resistance movement against Nazism and founding member of the Confessing Church.
About Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (4 February 1906 – 9 April 1945) was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian, participant in the German resistance movement against Nazism and founding member of the Confessing Church.
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