Romanos 12
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Romanos 12:1
Idolatry is not confined to casting incense upon an altar with finger and thumb or to pouring libations of wine out of a cup into a bowl. Covetousness is idolatry, or else the selling of the Lord for thirty pieces of silver was a righteous act. Lust involves sacrilege, or else men may defile with common harlots those members of Christ which should be "a living sacrifice, acceptable to God." — EPISTLES 14.5
Romanos 12:20
He who avenges himself is not worthy of the vengeance of the Lord. — Against Rufinus 3.2
Romanos 12:20
We are not to revile and condemn our enemy, as the world does, but rather we are to correct him and lead him to repentance so that, being won over by our good deeds, he may be softened by the fire of charity and may cease to be an enemy. — Against the Pelagians 1.30
Romanos 12:20
If someone does you a wrong and in return you do him good you will be heaping coals of fire on his head. In other words, you are curing him of his vices and burning out his malice, in order to bring him to repentance. — HOMILIES ON THE PSALMS 41