Matthew 5:44
5:44 But I say to you, love your enemy and
1 pray for those who persecute you,
Romans 12:17-21
12:17 Do not repay anyone evil for evil; consider what is good before all people.
2
12:18 If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all people.
3
12:19 Do not avenge yourselves, dear friends, but give place to God’s wrath,
4 for it is written, “
Vengeance is mine, I will repay,”
5 says the Lord.
12:20 Rather,
if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing this you will be heaping burning coals on his head.
6
12:21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Romans 12:1
Consecration of the Believer’s Life
12:1 Therefore I exhort you, brothers and sisters, 7 by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice – alive, holy, and pleasing to God 8 – which is your reasonable service.
Romans 3:9
The Condemnation of the World
3:9 What then? Are we better off? Certainly not, for we have already charged that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin,
1 tc Most mss ([D] L [W] Θ Ë13 33 Ï lat) read “bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you,” before “those who persecute you.” But this is surely a motivated reading, importing the longer form of this aphorism from Luke 6:27-28. The shorter text is found in א B Ë1 pc sa, as well as several fathers and versional witnesses.
2 tn Here ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used as a generic and refers to both men and women.
3 tn Here ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used as a generic and refers to both men and women.
4 tn Grk “the wrath,” referring to God’s wrath as the remainder of the verse shows.
5 sn A quotation from Deut 32:35.
6 sn A quotation from Prov 25:21-22.
7 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.
8 tn The participle and two adjectives “alive, holy, and pleasing to God” are taken as predicates in relation to “sacrifice,” making the exhortation more emphatic. See ExSyn 618-19.