Behave Like a Christian

(A)Let love be without hypocrisy. (B)Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good.

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Love in Action

Love must be sincere.(A) Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.(B)

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And above all things have fervent love for one another, for (A)“love will cover a multitude of sins.”

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Above all, love each other deeply,(A) because love covers over a multitude of sins.(B)

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14 (A)Depart from evil and do good;
(B)Seek peace and pursue it.

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14 Turn from evil and do good;(A)
    seek peace(B) and pursue it.

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18 My little children, (A)let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. 19 And by this we [a]know (B)that we are of the truth, and shall [b]assure our hearts before Him. 20 (C)For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 3:19 NU shall know
  2. 1 John 3:19 persuade, set at rest

18 Dear children,(A) let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.(B)

19 This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence: 20 If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.

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Now (A)the purpose of the commandment is love (B)from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from [a]sincere faith,

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  1. 1 Timothy 1:5 Lit. unhypocritical

The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart(A) and a good conscience(B) and a sincere faith.(C)

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The Enduring Word

22 Since you (A)have purified your souls in obeying the truth [a]through the Spirit in [b]sincere (B)love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart,

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  1. 1 Peter 1:22 NU omits through the Spirit
  2. 1 Peter 1:22 Lit. unhypocritical

22 Now that you have purified(A) yourselves by obeying(B) the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply,(C) from the heart.[a]

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  1. 1 Peter 1:22 Some early manuscripts from a pure heart

10 You who love the Lord, (A)hate evil!
(B)He preserves the souls of His saints;
(C)He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.

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10 Let those who love the Lord hate evil,(A)
    for he guards(B) the lives of his faithful ones(C)
    and delivers(D) them from the hand of the wicked.(E)

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14 (A)Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, (B)without which no one will see the Lord:

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Warning and Encouragement

14 Make every effort to live in peace with everyone(A) and to be holy;(B) without holiness no one will see the Lord.(C)

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15 (A)Hate evil, love good;
Establish justice in the gate.
(B)It may be that the Lord God of hosts
Will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

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15 Hate evil,(A) love good;(B)
    maintain justice in the courts.(C)
Perhaps(D) the Lord God Almighty will have mercy(E)
    on the remnant(F) of Joseph.

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10 For

(A)“He who would love life
And see good days,
(B)Let him [a]refrain his tongue from evil,
And his lips from speaking deceit.
11 Let him (C)turn away from evil and do good;
(D)Let him seek peace and pursue it.

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  1. 1 Peter 3:10 restrain

10 For,

“Whoever would love life
    and see good days
must keep their tongue from evil
    and their lips from deceitful speech.
11 They must turn from evil and do good;
    they must seek peace and pursue it.

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21 (A)Test all things; (B)hold fast what is good.

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21 but test them all;(A) hold on to what is good,(B)

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by purity, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by [a]sincere love,

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  1. 2 Corinthians 6:6 Lit. unhypocritical

in purity, understanding, patience and kindness; in the Holy Spirit(A) and in sincere love;(B)

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I will set nothing [a]wicked before my eyes;
(A)I hate the work of those (B)who fall away;
It shall not cling to me.

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  1. Psalm 101:3 worthless

I will not look with approval
    on anything that is vile.(A)

I hate what faithless people do;(B)
    I will have no part in it.

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