9Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
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Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. …
For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-21)We may observe here, according to the scheme mentioned in the contents, the apostle’s exhortations, I. Concerning our duty to God, We see what is godliness. 1. It is to surrender ourselves to God, and so to lay a good foundation. We must first give our own selves unto the Lord, 2 Cor. 8:5. This is here pressed as the spring of all duty and obedience, Rom. 12:1 , 2 . Man consists of body and soul,…
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