Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. – Romans 12:21 (NIV)
Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. – Romans 12:21 (KJV)
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It’s not easy to love those who are unkind to us. I don’t know about you, but when people are mean to me (or, even worse, to my family), I want to treat them just as bad…and I want revenge. Unfortunately, that’s my sinful nature talking and that’s not how God’s Word instructs us to handle such situations. Romans 12 tells us not to repay evil with evil (verse 17) and not to seek revenge against those who do us harm. In fact, verse 19 says that God himself will be the one who provides justice: “Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord” (KJV). Even more, in verse 20 God directs us to show kindness to our enemies…
“If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.” (NIV)
Romans 12 then concludes with our verse for this week, verse 21, which sums it up for us. We should not let the urge to repay evil with evil overcome us. Instead, we should overcome evil by doing good.
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