12 ⁹ Love in all sincerity, loathing evil and clinging to the good. 12 ¹⁰ Let love for our brotherhood breed warmth of mutual affection. Give pride of place to one another in esteem.
12 ¹¹ With unflagging energy, in ardour of spirit, serve the Lord. Some witnesses read: meet the demands of the hour.
12 ¹² Let hope keep you joyful; in trouble stand firm; persist in prayer.
12 ¹³ Contribute to the needs of God's people, and practise hospitality.

12 ¹⁴ Call down blessings on your persecutors-blessings, not curses.
12 ¹⁵ With the joyful be joyful, and mourn with the mourners.
12 ¹⁶ Care as much about each other as about yourselves. Do not be haughty, but go about with humble folk. Do not keep thinking how wise you are.
12 ^{17 [ Pr.3.4. ]} Never pay back evil for evil. Let your aims be such as all men count honourable. 12 ¹⁸ If possible, so far as it is lies with you, live at peace with all men. 12 ^{19 [ Dt.32.35. ]} My dear friends, do not seek revenge, but leave a place for divine retribution; for there is a text which reads, 'Justice is mine, says the Lord, I will repay.' 12 ^{20 [ Pr.25.21-22. ]} But there is another text: 'If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink; by doing this you will heap live coals on his head.' 12 ²¹ Do not let evil conquer you, but use good to defeat evil.