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That will harm you (ho kakōsōn humas). Future active articular participle of kakoō, old verb (from kakos, bad) as in Act 7:6, Act 7:19. Any real hurt, either that wishes to harm you or that can harm. See the words in Isa 50:9.
If ye be (ean genēsthe). Rather, “if ye become” (condition of third class with ean and second aorist middle subjunctive of ginomai).
Zealous of that which is good (tou agathou zēlōtai). “Zealots for the good” (objective genitive after zēlōtai (zealots, not zealous), old word from zēloō (1Co 12:12).