Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which 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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14 Depart from evil, and do good; 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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And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the 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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18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.

20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.

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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 the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:

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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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10 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:

11 Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.

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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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22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:

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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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Footnotes

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

I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.

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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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10 Ye that love the Lord, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth 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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21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

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

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15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious unto 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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14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall 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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I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.

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I am not commanding you,(A) but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others.

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