18 If possible, so far as it depends on you, (A)live peaceably with all. 19 Beloved, (B)never avenge yourselves, but leave it[a] to the wrath of God, for it is written, (C)“Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” 20 To the contrary, (D)“if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.”

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 12:19 Greek give place

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