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,

[5:44]  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 ˹ pc sa, as well as several fathers and versional witnesses.

[12:17]  ² tn Here ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used as a generic and refers to both men and women.

[12:18]  ³ tn Here ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used as a generic and refers to both men and women.

[12:19]  ⁴ tn Grk “the wrath,” referring to God’s wrath as the remainder of the verse shows.

[12:19]  ⁵ sn A quotation from Deut 32:35.

[12:20]  ⁶ sn A quotation from Prov 25:21-22.

[12:1]  ⁷ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.

[12:1]  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.