Romans
Romans 12:17–19
17Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody. 18If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone.
19Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”b
Footnotes
- b 12:19 Deuteronomy 32:35|DEU 32:35(see also LXX)
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
Romans 12:17
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Do not repay anyone | ἀποδιδόντες | apodidontes | Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural | G591 I give back, return, sell |
| evil | κακὸν | kakon | Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular | G2556 bad, evil |
| for | ἀντὶ | anti | Preposition | G473 instead of, for |
| evil | κακοῦ | kakou | Adjective - Genitive Neuter Singular | G2556 bad, evil |
| Carefully consider | προνοούμενοι | pronooumenoi | Verb - Present Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Plural | G4306 I provide for |
| what is right | καλὰ | kala | Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural | G2570 beautiful, good, worthy |
| in the eyes of | ἐνώπιον | enōpion | Preposition | G1799 before the face of, in the presence of |
| everybody | πάντων | pantōn | Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural | G3956 all, the whole, every kind of |
Romans 12:18
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| If | εἰ | ei | Conjunction | G1487 if |
| possible | δυνατόν | dynaton | Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular | G1415 powerful, able, possible |
| on | ἐξ | ex | Preposition | G1537 from out, out from among, from |
| your | ὑμῶν | hymōn | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural | G4771 you |
| live at peace | εἰρηνεύοντες | eirēneuontes | Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural | G1514 I am peaceful, keep the peace, am at peace |
| with | μετὰ | meta | Preposition | G3326 with, after |
| everyone | πάντων | pantōn | Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural | G3956 all, the whole, every kind of |
Romans 12:19
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| not | μὴ | mē | Adverb | G3361 not, lest |
| avenge | ἐκδικοῦντες | ekdikountes | Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural | G1556 I give justice over, defend, avenge, vindicate |
| yourselves | ἑαυτοὺς | heautous | Reflexive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural | G1438 himself, herself, itself |
| beloved | ἀγαπητοί | agapētoi | Adjective - Vocative Masculine Plural | G27 loved, beloved |
| but | ἀλλὰ | alla | Conjunction | G235 but, except |
| leave | δότε | dote | Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural | G1325 I offer, give |
| room | τόπον | topon | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G5117 a place |
| for | ὀργῇ | orgē | Noun - Dative Feminine Singular | G3709 anger, wrath, passion |
| For | γάρ | gar | Conjunction | G1063 for |
| it is written | γέγραπται | gegraptai | Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular | G1125 I write |
| Vengeance | ἐκδίκησις | ekdikēsis | Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular | G1557 a defense, vengeance, full punishment |
| Mine | Ἐμοὶ | Emoi | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Singular | G1473 I |
| I | ἐγὼ | egō | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular | G1473 I |
| will repay | ἀνταποδώσω | antapodōsō | Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular | G467 I give in return |
| says | λέγει | legei | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G3004 I say, speak |
| Lord | Κύριος | Kyrios | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G2962 lord, Lord, master, sir |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Romans 12:17 Proverbs 20:22 · 1 Thessalonians 5:15 · 1 Peter 3:9 · Matthew 5:39 · 2 Corinthians 8:20–21 · Philippians 4:8–9 · Romans 12:19 · 1 Peter 3:16 · 1 Peter 2:12 · 1 Thessalonians 5:22 · 1 Corinthians 13:4–5 · Romans 14:16
Romans 12:18 Hebrews 12:14 · Romans 14:19 · Matthew 5:9 · 2 Corinthians 13:11 · James 3:16–18 · Galatians 5:22 · Mark 9:50 · Proverbs 12:20 · 1 Peter 3:11 · 2 Timothy 2:22 · Psalm 34:14 · Romans 14:17
Romans 12:19 Deuteronomy 32:35 · Hebrews 10:30 · Proverbs 24:29 · Proverbs 20:22 · Romans 12:17 · 1 Thessalonians 4:6 · Romans 12:14 · Leviticus 19:18 · Deuteronomy 32:43 · Psalm 94:1–3 · Nahum 1:2–3 · Luke 6:27–29
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.