Recompense. Render, give, or return. (See Barnes on Matthew 5:39).

Provide things honest . . .—Let your purposes be such that everyone will recognize their complete integrity. Do not engage in ente…

Paul takes his stand alongside believers by giving them explicit counsel about how to face the hostile world. “Do not repay evil for evil” (v.17), …

Repaying to no one, etc. This differs only slightly from what follows shortly after, except that revenge is more than the kind of repaying…

Recompense to no man evil for evil
Neither evil words for evil words, railing for railing; nor evil deeds for evil d…

Since people became enemies to God, they have been very ready to be enemies to one another. And those who embrace religion must expect to meet with…

1. Previously, the Apostle showed that charity should be practiced toward the needy; now he shows how it should be practiced even toward ene…