Commentaries:Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
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Romans 12:17
Render to no man (mhdeni apodidontev). "Giving back to no man." Independent participle again.
Evil for evil (kakon anti kakou). Directly opposite to the law of retaliation of the Pharisees as in Matthew 5:39; I Thessalonians 5:15; I Corinthians 13:5 f.
Take thought of (pronooumenoi). "Taking thought beforehand." Old word. See II Corinthians 8:21.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Romans 12:17:
Acts 24:2
Romans 12:9
2 Corinthians 8:21
1 Thessalonians 5:15
1 Peter 3:9
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