A crush isn’t automatically sin, but it becomes wrong when it feeds lust, obsession, secrecy, or boundary-crossing instead of purity and respect.
Is It Wrong to Have a Crush on Someone?
What Does It Mean to Lust in Your Heart (Matthew 5:28)?
Jesus condemns chosen, sustained desire that uses the eyes to cultivate adultery in the heart, not mere attraction or unwanted temptation.
NTTC MATTHEW 5:28: “everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her” Or “everyone who looks at a woman with lust”
It is no easy task here in deciding which reading was the original one. Both readings have early and weighty manuscript support and neither of the could be considered a difficult reading because they both make perfect sense. What tipped the scales ...
