Romans 12:9
The love unhypocritical: abhorring the evil; cleaving to the good;
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
In Context
10in the love of brothers, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honor going before one another;
Cross References
Psalms 34:14Turn aside from evil and do good, || Seek peace and pursue it.
Psalms 45:7You have loved righteousness and hate wickedness, || Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You || With oil of joy above Your companions.
Psalms 97:10You who love YHWH, hate evil, || He is keeping the souls of His saints, || He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
Psalms 119:104I have understanding from Your precepts, || Therefore I have hated every false path!
Proverbs 8:13The fear of YHWH [is] to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, || And a contrary mouth, I have hated.
Ezekiel 33:31And they come in to you as the coming in of a people, || And they sit before you—My people, || And have heard your words, and they do not do them, || For they are making unhealthy loves with their mouth, || Their heart is going after their dishonest gain.
Matthew Henry on Romans 12:2-21
Consecration to God; Duty towards God; Duty towards Ourselves; Due Exercise of Spiritual Gifts; Duty towards Our Brethren; Brotherly Love; Love to Enemies. ( a. d. 58.) 1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. 3 For I say,… Read the whole commentary →