{Avenge not} (m(8820)ekdikountes). Independent participle
again of late verb ekdike(935c) from ekdikos, exacting justice
( 13:4 ). See already Lu 18:5 2Co 10:6 . {But give place unto
wrath} (alla dote topon t(8869) org(8869)). Second aorist active
imperative of did(936d)i, to give. "Give room for the (note article
as in 5:9 1Th 2:16 ) wrath" of God instead of taking vengeance
in your own hands. See Eph 4:27 for didote topon. Paul quotes
De 32:35 (the Hebrew rather than the LXX). So have Heb 10:30
and the Targum of Onkelos, but the relation between them and Paul
we cannot tell. Socrates and Epictetus condemned personal
vindictiveness as Paul does here. {I will recompense}
(antapod(9373)(935c)). Future active of the double compound verb quoted
also in 11:35 .
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