Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, " Vengeance is mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord." Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap... The Book of Peace: A Collection of Essays on War and Peace - Page 54by George Cone Beckwith, American Peace Society - 1845 - 609 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Flavel - Presbyterian Church - 1671 - 576 pages
...which we are to walk, is, " If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath ; for it is written, Vengeance is mine, I will repay it, saith the Lord." Rom. 12 : 18, 19. It is not religion,... | |
| Jacques Saurin - 1800 - 304 pages
...perfections. God useth his own right when he punisheth sin, agreeably to the doctrine of St. Paul, Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath ; for it is written, vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. What is this wrath, to'which we are... | |
| English literature - 1802 - 610 pages
...not the Gospel, let us pray for them, but not persecute them, — " For it is written, vengeance is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed ilim ; if he thirst, give him drink : for in so doing thou shah heap poals of fire on his head. Be... | |
| 1802 - 374 pages
...the sight of all men. 18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all .men. 19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord. 20 Therefore, if thine enemy hunger,... | |
| John Smalley - Congregational churches - 1803 - 454 pages
...christians, and to guard them against seeking retaliation, or meditating revenge. The whole verse is ; " Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord." It is proposed to show, in the ensuing... | |
| Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - Reformed Church - 1803 - 422 pages
...perfections. God useth his own right when he punisheth sin, agreeably to the doctrine of St. Paul, Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath ;for it is written, vengeance is mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord. What is this wrath, to which we are... | |
| Beilby Porteus (bp. of London.) - 1804 - 388 pages
...Dearly beloved, says he, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath ; for vengeance is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good*." This then is the... | |
| 1804 - 476 pages
...the sight of all men. 18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. 19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is mine ; I will repay, saith the LORD. 20 Therefore, if thine enemy hunger,... | |
| 1804 - 438 pages
...the sight of all men. 18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. 1 9 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves ; but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. 20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger,... | |
| William Paley - Ethics - 1806 - 502 pages
...ye." " Be patient towards all men ; see that none render evil for evil unto any man." '* Avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath : for...Lord. Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink ; for, in so doing, thou shall heap coals of fire on his head, Be not overcome... | |
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