The reason that we’re not to resist an evil person (Matthew 5:39), I’m discovering, is that we’re to instead, resist the devil (James 4:7).  Resisting a person is like chopping the top off a weed–it will only come back.  But if we pull up the root of the matter–the devil, we’ll have lasting success. People are redeemable; the devil isn’t.

But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. Matthew 5:39