Romans 12:9

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Summary

Romans 12:9

Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

Love

Abhor

General references

Deuteronomy 4:4

Hebrews 13:1

1 John 4:21

Bible References

Love

And Joab said to Amasa, Is it well, my brother? And with his right hand he took him by the hair of his chin to give him a kiss.

The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, but they were sharp swords.

When he says fair words, have no belief in him; for in his heart are seven evils:

And they come to you as my people come, and are seated before you as my people, hearing your words but doing them not: for deceit is in their mouth and their heart goes after profit for themselves.

And straight away he came to Jesus and said, Master! and gave him a kiss.

(He said this, not because he had any love for the poor; but because he was a thief, and, having the money-bag, took for himself what was put into it.)

In a clean heart, in knowledge, in long waiting, in being kind, in the Holy Spirit, in true love,

I am not giving you an order, but using the ready mind of others as a test of the quality of your love.

For our witness does not come from error or from an unclean heart or from deceit:

But the effect of the order is love coming from a clean heart, and a knowledge of what is right, and true faith:

If a brother or a sister is without clothing and in need of the day's food,

And as you have made your souls clean, being ruled by what is true, and loving one another without deceit, see that your love is warm and from the heart:

And most of all be warm in your love for one another; because in love there is forgiveness for sins without number:

My little children, do not let our love be in word and in tongue, but let it be in act and in good faith.

Abhor

Be turned from evil, and do good; make a search for peace, desiring it with all your heart.

He gives thought to evil on his bed; he takes a way which is not good; he is not a hater of evil.

You have been a lover of righteousness and a hater of evil: and so God, your God, has put the oil of joy on your head, lifting you high over all other kings.

You who are lovers of the Lord, be haters of evil; he keeps the souls of his saints; he takes them out of the hand of sinners.

Through your orders I get wisdom; for this reason I am a hater of every false way.

The fear of the Lord is seen in hating evil: pride, a high opinion of oneself, the evil way, and the false tongue, are unpleasing to me.

Be haters of evil and lovers of good, and let right be done in the public place: it may be that the Lord, the God of armies, will have mercy on the rest of Joseph.

You have been a lover of righteousness and a hater of evil; and so God, your God, has put the oil of joy on your head more than on the heads of those who are with you.

General references

But you who kept faith with the Lord are living, every one of you, today.

Go on loving your brothers in the faith.

And this is the word which we have from him, that he who has love for God is to have the same love for his brother.