Do you really chose to live by “an eye for an eye” instead of by grace and forgiveness? Do you really choose living by “the law” instead of God’s grace and forgiveness? Seriously?
There it is. The righteous indignation of a puff adder being disturbed in its nest. I mentioned no laws - why do you imply that’s my dependence? Why do you automatically condemn someone for who might consider a universal common meaning, unrelated to your Biblical Theology, of the phrase. I even provided a corollary for it, Tit-for-tat, but your sensibilities to the Bible only allow for the “correct” interpretation. Arrogance.