⁹Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; be attached to what is good, ¹⁰being devoted to one another in brotherly love, esteeming one another more highly in honor, ¹¹not lagging in diligence, being enthusiastic in spirit, serving the Lord, ¹²rejoicing in hope, enduring in affliction, being devoted to prayer, ¹³contributing to the needs of the saints, pursuing hospitality.

¹⁴Bless those who persecute,^c bless and do not curse them. ¹⁵Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep. ¹⁶Think the same thing toward one another; do not think arrogantly^d, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own sight^e. ¹⁷Pay back no one evil for evil. Take thought for what is good in the sight of all people. ¹⁸If it is possible on your part, be at peace with all people. ¹⁹Do not take revenge yourselves, dear friends, but give place to God’s wrath, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay,”^f says the Lord. ²⁰But “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by^* doing this, you will heap up coals of fire upon his head.”^g ²¹Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

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Romans 12:12: Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

Footnotes

cSome manuscripts have “who persecute you”
dLiterally “think not the arrogant”
eLiterally “in the sight of yourselves”
fA quotation from Deut 32:35
*Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“doing”) which is understood as means
gA quotation from Prov 25:21–22