Romans 12:9 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁹Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

Romans 12:9 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 34:14
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
1 Peter 4:8
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
1 Timothy 1:5
Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
1 John 3:18-20
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. …
1 Peter 3:10-11
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: …

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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, Ge…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 9)

9. Let love be without dissimulation--“Let your love be unfeigned” (as in 2Co 6:6; 1Pe 2:22; and see 1Jo 3:18). Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good--What a lofty tone of moral principle and feeling is here inculcated! It is not, Abstain from the one, and do the other; nor, Turn away from the one, and draw to the other; but, Abhor the one, and cling, with deepest sympathy, to the…