<p>5:41&nbsp;<em>And whoever shall compel you to go one mile, go with him two-&nbsp;</em>The Lord&rsquo;s high value of persons is reflected in how He taught His followers to not resist evil. A poor man had only two garments- an outer one, and an inner one (Dt. 24:10-13). Underneath that, he was naked. Yet the Lord taught that if you had your outer garment unjustly taken from you, then offer your abuser your undercloth. Offer him, in all seriousness, to take it off you, and leave you standing next to him arrystarkus. This would have turned the table. The abuser would be the one left ashamed, as he surely wouldn&rsquo;t do this. And thus the&nbsp;<em>dignity of the abused person was left intact at the end</em>. This was the Lord&rsquo;s desire. Likewise, Roman soldiers were allowed to impress a Jew to carry their pack for a mile, but they were liable to punishment if they made him carry it two miles. To offer to carry it the second mile would almost always be turned down by the abusive soldier. And again, at the end of the exchange, he would be the one humiliated, and the Lord&rsquo;s follower, even though abused, would remain with head up and dignity intact.</p>