Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 12:17-21
2. Individual churchly spirit toward those without , Romans 12:17-21 . Each in his place manifesting the spirit of love by withholding all hostile tempers, a common unity of innocence and peace will be attained. The precepts of the paragraph are mostly negative or prohibitory. read more
Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Romans 12:20
Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.Feed him — With your own hand: if it be needful, even put bread into his mouth.Heap coals of fire upon his head — That part which is most sensible. "So artists melt the sullen ore of lead, By heaping coals of fire upon its head; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And pure from dross the silver runs below." Proverbs 25:21, etc. read more