For he is God's servant for your benefit. But if you do what is wrong, be afraid. He does not wear the sword to no purpose: he is God's servant--an administrator to inflict punishment upon evil-doers.

Live honourable lives among the Gentiles, in order that, although they now speak against you as evil-doers, they may yet witness your good conduct, and may glorify God on the day of reward and retribution.

or to provincial Governors as sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers and the encouragement of those who do what is right.

For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and His ears are open to their supplication; but the face of the Lord is set against evil-doers."

But let not one of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evil-doer, or as a spy upon other people's business.

For judges and magistrates are to be feared not by right-doers but by wrong-doers. You desire--do you not? --to have no reason to fear your ruler. Well, do the thing that is right, and then he will commend you.

"And then I will tell them plainly, "'I never knew you: begone from me, you doers of wickedness.'

A good man from the good stored up in his heart brings out what is good; and an evil man from the evil stored up brings out what is evil; for from the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.

Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. The man who speaks evil of a brother-man or judges his brother-man speaks evil of the Law and judges the Law. But if you judge the Law, you are no longer one who obeys the Law, but one who judges it.

Pay back to no man evil for evil. Take thought for what is right and seemly in every one's esteem.

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome the evil with goodness.

See to it that no one ever repays another with evil for evil; but always seek opportunities of doing good both to one another and to all the world.

not requiting evil with evil nor abuse with abuse, but, on the contrary, giving a blessing in return, because a blessing is what you have been called by God to inherit.