Romans 12:9-21 ▼

9 Let love be unfeigned: abhorring evil, cleaving to good,

10 devoted to one another in brotherly love, esteeming one another in honor,

11 not slothful in diligence, being fervent in spirit, serving the Lord,

12 rejoicing in hope, enduring in tribulation, persisting in prayer,

13 contributing to the needs of the saints, pursuing hospitality.

14 Bless those persecuting you?; bless and do not curse,

15 to rejoice with the rejoicing, to weep with the weeping,

16 minding the same thing toward one another, not minding the high things, but going along with the lowly. Do not be wise in yourselves,

17 repaying to no one evil for evil, giving forethought to right things before all men;

18 if possible of you?, being at peace with all men;

19 not avenging yourselves, beloved; but give place to wrath, for it has been written: “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”

20 Rather, “If your enemy should hunger, feed him; if he should thirst, give him a drink; for doing this, you will heap coals of fire upon his head.”

21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil in good.