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Marks of the True Christian

Let love be genuine; hate what is evil; hold fast to what is good;

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14 Depart from evil, and do good;
    seek peace, and pursue it.(A)

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Above all, maintain constant love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins.(A)

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18 Little children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth.(A) 19 And by this we will know that we are from the truth and will reassure our hearts before him(B) 20 whenever our hearts condemn us, for God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.

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But the aim of such instruction is love that comes from a pure heart, a good conscience, and sincere faith.(A)

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10 For

“Those who desire to love life
    and to see good days,
let them keep their tongues from evil
    and their lips from speaking deceit;
11 let them turn away from evil and do good;
    let them seek peace and pursue it.

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22 Now that you have purified your souls[a] by your obedience to the truth[b] so that you have genuine mutual affection, love one another deeply from the heart.[c](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 1.22 Or lives
  2. 1.22 Other ancient authorities add through the Spirit
  3. 1.22 Other ancient authorities read a pure heart

21 but test everything; hold fast to what is good;(A)

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I will not set before my eyes
    anything that is base.

I hate the work of those who fall away;
    it shall not cling to me.(A)

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10 You who love the Lord, hate evil;
    he guards the lives of his faithful;
    he rescues them from the hand of the wicked.(A)

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15 Hate evil and love good,
    and establish justice in the gate;
it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts,
    will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.(A)

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Warnings against Rejecting God’s Grace

14 Pursue peace with everyone and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.

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I do not say this as a command, but I am, by mentioning the eagerness of others, testing the genuineness of your love.(A)

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15 See that none of you repays evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to all.(A)

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in purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, holiness of spirit, genuine love,

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You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness;[a]
therefore God, your God, has anointed you
    with the oil of gladness beyond your companions.”(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 1.9 Other ancient authorities read wickedness

104 Through your precepts I get understanding;
    therefore I hate every false way.(A)

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31 They come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but they will not obey them. For flattery is on their lips, but their heart is set on their gain.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 33.31 Meaning of Heb uncertain

13 The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil.
Pride and arrogance and the way of evil
    and perverted speech I hate.(A)

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163 I hate and abhor falsehood,
    but I love your law.

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25 when an enemy speaks graciously, do not believe it,
    for there are seven abominations concealed within;(A)

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