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Romans 12:19-21

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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

Context
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

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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!
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[12:19]  1 tn Grk “the wrath,” referring to God’s wrath as the remainder of the verse shows.

[12:19]  2 sn A quotation from Deut 32:35.

[12:20]  3 sn A quotation from Prov 25:21-22.

[12:1]  4 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.

[12:1]  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.

[2:22]  6 tn Or “detest.”



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