Matthew Poole and continuators on Romans 12:17
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Romans12:17
17. Recompence to no man evil for evil . Provide things honest in the sight of all Men .
Our Saviour teacheth the same Doctrine in other Words. Mat. 5.39, 40. vid. Parallel places in Prov. 20.22. 1 Thes. 5.15. 1 Pet. 3.9. See more against retaliating Injuries, and private Revenge in the three last Verses of this Chapter: Revenge is so sweet to flesh and blood, that Men are very hardly disswaded from it.
q. d. Look carefully, as to your Conscience, before God, so to your Honour and Reputation with Men. Let all your Words and Actions be justifyable, and unexceptionable, that evil men may have no occasion to reproach you as evil doers. See a parallel place, 2 Cor. 8.21. See also Phil. 4.8. 1 Pet. 3.16.
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