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Avenge not (mē ekdikountes). Independent participle again of late verb ekdikeō from ekdikos, exacting justice (Rom 13:4). See already Luk 18:5; 2Co 10:6.
But give place unto wrath (alla dote topon tēi orgēi). Second aorist active imperative of didōmi, to give. “Give room for the (note article as in Rom 5:9; 1Th 2:16) wrath” of God instead of taking vengeance in your own hands. See note on Eph 4:27 for didote topon. Paul quotes Deu 32:35 (the Hebrew rather than the lxx). So have Heb 10:30 and the Targum of Onkelos, but the relation between them and Paul we cannot tell. Socrates and Epictetus condemned personal vindictiveness as Paul does here.
I will recompense (antapodōsō). Future active of the double compound verb quoted also in Rom 11:35.