Romans 12:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²¹ Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ Do not let yourself be overcome by evil, but overcome (master) evil with good.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

Common English Bible

²¹ Don’t be defeated by evil, but defeat evil with good.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ Do not allow evil to prevail, instead prevail over evil by means of goodness.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ Be not overcome by evil, but overcome evil by good.

Romans 12:21 Cross References

Proverbs 16:32

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and one whose temper is controlled than one who captures a city.

Romans 12:20

Instead, “if your enemies are hungry, feed them; if they are thirsty, give them something to drink, for by doing this you will heap burning coals on their heads.”

Romans 13:1

Let every person be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those authorities that exist have been instituted by God.

1 Peter 3:9

Do not repay evil for evil or abuse for abuse, but, on the contrary, repay with a blessing. It is for this that you were called—that you might inherit a blessing.