Romans 12:19-21
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
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, 4 by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice – alive, holy, and pleasing to God 5 – which is your reasonable service.
Romans 2:22-23
2:22 You who tell others not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor
6 idols, do you rob temples?
2:23 You who boast in the law dishonor God by transgressing the law!
1 tn Grk “the wrath,” referring to God’s wrath as the remainder of the verse shows.
2 sn A quotation from Deut 32:35.
3 sn A quotation from Prov 25:21-22.
4 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.
5 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.
6 tn Or “detest.”