Romans 12:18-21
Context12:18 If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all people. 1 12:19 Do not avenge yourselves, dear friends, but give place to God’s wrath, 2 for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay,” 3 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. 4 12:21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
[12:18] 1 tn Here ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used as a generic and refers to both men and women.
[12:19] 2 tn Grk “the wrath,” referring to God’s wrath as the remainder of the verse shows.
[12:19] 3 sn A quotation from Deut 32:35.
[12:20] 4 sn A quotation from Prov 25:21-22.