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Rom. 12:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Recompense
apodidomi (Greek #591)
to give away, i.e. up, over, back, etc. (in various applications)
KJV usage: deliver (again), give (again), (re-)pay(-ment be made), perform, recompense, render, requite, restore, reward, sell, yield.
Pronounce: ap-od-eed'-o-mee
Origin: from 575 and 1325
l to no man
medeis (Greek #3367)
not even one (man, woman, thing)
KJV usage: any (man, thing), no (man), none, not (at all, any man, a whit), nothing, + without delay.
Pronounce: may-dice'
Origin: μηδεμία (may-dem-ee'-ah), and the neuter μηδέν (may-den') from 3361 and 1520
evil
kakos (Greek #2556)
worthless (intrinsically, such; whereas 4190 properly refers to effects), i.e. (subjectively) depraved, or (objectively) injurious
KJV usage: bad, evil, harm, ill, noisome, wicked.
Pronounce: kak-os'
Origin: apparently a primary word
for
anti (Greek #473)
opposite, i.e. instead or because of (rarely in addition to)
KJV usage: for, in the room of. Often used in composition to denote contrast, requital, substitution, correspondence, etc.
Pronounce: an-tee'
Origin: a primary particle
evil
kakos (Greek #2556)
worthless (intrinsically, such; whereas 4190 properly refers to effects), i.e. (subjectively) depraved, or (objectively) injurious
KJV usage: bad, evil, harm, ill, noisome, wicked.
Pronounce: kak-os'
Origin: apparently a primary word
. Provide
pronoeo (Greek #4306)
to consider in advance, i.e. look out for beforehand (actively, by way of maintenance for others; middle voice by way of circumspection for oneself)
KJV usage: provide (for).
Pronounce: pron-o-eh'-o
Origin: from 4253 and 3539
thingsm honest
kalos (Greek #2570)
properly, beautiful, but chiefly (figuratively) good (literally or morally), i.e. valuable or virtuous (for appearance or use, and thus distinguished from 18, which is properly intrinsic)
KJV usage: X better, fair, good(-ly), honest, meet, well, worthy.
Pronounce: kal-os'
Origin: of uncertain affinity
in the sight of
enopion (Greek #1799)
in the face of (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: before, in the presence (sight) of, to.
Pronounce: en-o'-pee-on
Origin: neuter of a compound of 1722 and a derivative of 3700
all
pas (Greek #3956)
apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole
KJV usage: all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.
Pronounce: pas
Origin: including all the forms of declension
men
anthropos (Greek #444)
man-faced, i.e. a human being
KJV usage: certain, man.
Pronounce: anth'-ro-pos
Origin: from 435 and ὤψ (the countenance; from 3700)
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Matt. 5:39• 39But I say to you, Resist not evil; but whoever shall strike thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. (Matt. 5:39)
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1 Peter 3:9• 9not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, because hereunto ye were called, that ye should inherit blessing. (1 Peter 3:9)
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2 Cor. 8:21• 21for we provide things honourable not only before [the] Lord but also before men. (2 Cor. 8:21)

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Honest; Honesty

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Ministry on This Verse

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Recompense.
Rom. 12:19• 19avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give place to wrath; for it is written, “To me [belongeth] vengeance, I will requite,” saith the Lord. (Rom. 12:19)
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Prov. 20:22•  (Prov. 20:22)
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Matt. 5:39• 39But I say to you, Resist not evil; but whoever shall strike thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. (Matt. 5:39)
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1 Thess. 5:15• 15See that none render to anyone evil for evil, but always pursue that which is good one toward another, and toward all. (1 Thess. 5:15)
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1 Peter 3:9• 9not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, because hereunto ye were called, that ye should inherit blessing. (1 Peter 3:9)
Provide.
Rom. 14:16• 16Let not then your good be ill spoken of; (Rom. 14:16)
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1 Cor. 6:6‑7• 6But brother goeth to law with brother, and this before unbelievers.
 7Already therefore it is altogether a fault in you that ye go to law among yourselves. Why are ye not rather wronged? why are ye not rather defrauded? (1 Cor. 6:6‑7)
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1 Cor. 13:4‑5• 4Love is long-suffering, is kind; love is not emulous, is not vain-glorious, is not puffed up,
 5doth not behave unseemly, seeketh not its own things, is not easily provoked, reckoneth not the evil, (1 Cor. 13:4‑5)
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2 Cor. 8:20‑21• 20guarding against this, lest any should blame us in this abundance that is being administered by us,
 21for we provide things honourable not only before [the] Lord but also before men. (2 Cor. 8:20‑21)
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Phil. 4:8‑9• 8For the rest, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever noble, whatsoever just, whatsoever pure, whatsoever lovely, whatsoever of good report, if there [is] any virtue, and if any praise, these things consider.
 9Those things which ye also learned, and received, and heard, and saw in me, do; and the God of peace shall be with you. (Phil. 4:8‑9)
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Col. 4:5• 5Walk in wisdom toward those without, buying up the time. (Col. 4:5)
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1 Thess. 4:12• 12that ye may walk honourably toward those without, and may have need of nothing. (1 Thess. 4:12)
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1 Thess. 5:22• 22abstain from every form of evil. (1 Thess. 5:22)
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1 Tim. 5:14• 14I wish therefore that the younger marry, bear children, rule the house, give none occasion to the adversary for railing; (1 Tim. 5:14)
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Titus 2:4‑5• 4that they may train the young women to be lovers of husbands, lovers of children,
 5discreet, chaste, workers at home, good, subject to their own husbands, that the word of God be not ill-spoken of. (Titus 2:4‑5)
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1 Peter 2:12• 12having your behaviour comely among the Gentiles; that in what they speak against you as evil-doers, they, as observing, may from your comely works glorify God in [the] day of visitation. (1 Peter 2:12)
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1 Peter 3:16• 16having a good conscience, that in what they speak against you as evil-doers, they may be ashamed that revile your good behaviour in Christ. (1 Peter 3:16)
• Oh, for more faith and unswerving obedience in the common things of everyday life. We are persuaded it is carelessness in these things, if not worse than carelessness, that is the cause of much of our weakness. (“Romans 12” by C. Stanley)
• "Recompense to no man evil for evil." If we retaliate, we will surely give offence in some way, and the ministry will be blamed (2 Cor. 6:3). (“Practical Righteousness Toward Those Outside the Christian Community: Romans 12:17-21” by B. Anstey)
• "honest in the sight of all men." If the world finds "a spot on our garment" so to speak (Eccl. 9:8)-that is, some failure or shortcoming which they can criticize, they will use it to justify their unbelief. (“Practical Righteousness Toward Those Outside the Christian Community: Romans 12:17-21” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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recompensing to no one evil for evil: providinge things honest before all men:

JND Translation Notes

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Taking care by forethought that there should be what is comely and seemly. See "forethought," ch. 13.14; 2 Cor. 8.21.

W. Kelly Translation

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repay to none evil for evil; providing things right in the sight of all men;