I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that I often planned to come to you (but have been prevented from doing so until now), so that I might reap a harvest among you, just as I have among the rest of the gentiles.

He will repay each one according to his works:

thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou rob temples?

So what benefit did you then reap from those things that you are now ashamed of? For the end of those things is death.

But now that you have been freed from sin and have become God's slaves, the benefit you reap is sanctification, and the result is eternal life.

What if God, although willing to show His [terrible] wrath and to make His power known, has tolerated with great patience the objects of His wrath [which are] prepared for destruction?

Or who has first given to God, that God needs to repay him?

Never repay anyone evil for evil. Take thought for what is right and gracious and proper in the sight of everyone.

Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

And the God of peace will rub together Satan under your feet swiftly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ with you.