Evil And Resistance

Ἐγὼ δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν μὴ ἀντιστῆναι τῷ πονηρῷ: ἀλλ' ὅστις σε ῥαπίζει εἰς τὴν δεξιὰν σιαγόνα, σου στρέψον αὐτῷ καὶ τὴν ἄλλην. Πονηρὸν ἐνταυθα τὸν διάβολον λέγει, τὸν διὰ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐνεργοῦντα. Οὐ δεῖ οὖν ἀντίστασθαι τῷ διαβόλῳ; ναί· ἀλλ' οὐχὶ διὰ τοῦ αντιπλήττειν, ἀλλὰ διὰ τοῦ ὑπομένειν. Οὐ γὰρ πυρὶ σβέννυται πῦρ, ἀλλ' ὕδατι. Μὴ νόμιζε δὲ ὅτι περὶ τῆς εἰς τὴν σιαγόνα πληγῆς λέγει μόνης, ἀλλὰ καὶ περὶ πάσης ἄλλης καὶ παντὸς ἁπλῶς δεινοῦ. Θεοφύλακτος Αχρίδος, Ἑρμηνεία Εἰς Τὸ Κατὰ Ματθαιον , Κεφ Ε' Source: Migne PG 123.200c

But I say to you, do not resist the evil man. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other one towards him also. 1 He calls the devil the evil man here, he who works through men, Should we not resist the devil? Yes, yet not by returning blows but by enduring. Fire is not put out with fire, but with water. And do not think this is said only of blows upon the cheek, for it concerns every other evil that may be inflicted. Theophylact of Ochrid, Commentary On The Gospel Of Saint Matthew, Chapter 5 1 Mt 5.39