Romans 12:9
The love unfeigned: abhorring the evil; cleaving to the good;
Young's Literal Translation
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 brethren, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honour going before one another;
Cross References
Psalms 34:14Turn aside from evil and do good, Seek peace and pursue it.
Psalms 45:7Thou hast loved righteousness and hatest wickedness, Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee, Oil of joy above thy companions.
Psalms 97:10Ye who love Jehovah, hate evil, He is keeping the souls of His saints, From the hand of the wicked he delivereth them.
Psalms 119:104From Thy precepts I have understanding, Therefore I have hated every false path!
Proverbs 8:13The fear of Jehovah [is] to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a froward mouth, I have hated.
Ezekiel 33:31And they come in unto thee as the coming in of a people, And they sit before thee — My people, And have heard thy words, and they do them not, For doting loves with their mouth they are making, After their dishonest gain their heart is going.
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 →