ACC ~ Romans 12 v18

IF POSSIBLE, LIVE PEACEABLY. ORIGEN: The apostle here gives a very balanced command because he knows perfectly well that peace depends on both parties, and the other party may well be hostile and block peace. What he asks is that our mind should always be ready for peace and that the blame for any discord should lie with the other side and not with us.

Of course there are times when this command cannot be applied; for example, we cannot have peace and fellowship with evil. It is one thing to love people but quite another to love crimes. Whoever loves people loves God’s creatures, but whoever loves crimes loves the inventions of the devil. Therefore, those who are perfect will love the sinner but hate his sin. COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS.

AMBROSIASTER: Paul wants everyone who serves God’s righteousness to be peaceful. . . .The person who is not peaceful is the one who has rejected the law of God and who follows his own law instead. … Even if the other person is not a lover of peace, you should want to be peaceful insofar as you can be. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

PELAGIUS: Inasmuch as you can, be at peace with everybody … desiring their conversion and salvation. PELAGIUS’S COMMENTARY ON ROMANS.

THEODORET OF CYR: If someone blesses those who persecute him and does not harm those who do him harm, how will he attract hatred or revenge on himself? INTERPRETATION OF THE LETTER TO THE ROMANS.

GENNADIUS OF CONSTANTINOPLE: Paul says that he wants Christians to have the right spirit, even if others think differently. PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH.

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