12:19 Do not avenge yourselves, dear friends, but give place to God’s wrath, 1 for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay,” 2 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. 3
1 tnGrk “the wrath,” referring to God’s wrath as the remainder of the verse shows.