head], and the Lord will repay thy good deeds. The apostles applied the phrase, it is ivritten more to doctrines, than to morals. — an enemy) This especially holds good of a bitter and violent enemy. — \J,w/.a/£e, feed) with thy hand. So lxx., 2 Sam. xiii. 5. Thus will even thy iron-hearted enemy be softened. — a vfyuzag vvpbg, coals of fire) The end of all vengeance is that an enemy may be brought to repent, and that an enemy may deliver himself into the hands of the avenger. A man will very easily attain both objects, if he treat his enemy with kindness. Both are described in this remarkable phrase ; for it is such a repentance as that, which in the greatest degree burns ; 4 Esd. xvi. 53, and an enemy be- comes willingly the property of his avenger ; you will then have him entirely in your power [ready at your nod to obey]. — Wi rijv zepaXriv u-jtov, upon his head) i.e. upon himself, upon him wholly, in that part too where he will feel it most.
21. M'/} vizoj, be not overcome) vizu in the middle voice. They, whom the world consider to be conquerors, are in reality con- quered.— zazov) by the evil , of your enemy, and of your own nature. — viza, overcome ) He is a brave man, who can endure. — sv ru) uyaOti ro zuzov , evil ivith good) So also ch. xiii. 3, 4, with which there is a charming connection.
1. TLaffu, every) The apostle writes at very great length to the Romans, whose city was the seat of empire, on the subject of the magistracy, and this circumstance has all the force of a public apology for the Christian religion. This, too, may have been the reason why Paul, in this long epistle, used only once, and that too not until after this apology, the phrase, the kingdom of God, on other occasions so customary with him ; xiv. 1 7, for, instead of the kingdom , he calls it the glory; comp., however, Acts xxviii. 31, note. Every individual should be under the authority of the magistrate, and be liable to suffer punishment, if he has done evil, ver. 4. — soul) He had said that their bodies ought to be presented to God, ch. xii. 1, presupposing