Romans 12:9
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Marks of the True Christian
9 (A)Let love be genuine. (B)Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.
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Psalm 34:14
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1 Peter 4:8
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8 Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since (A)love covers a multitude of sins.
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1 John 3:18-20
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18 Little children, let us not (A)love in word or talk but in deed and (B)in truth.
19 By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him; 20 for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything.
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1 Timothy 1:5
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5 The aim of our charge is love (A)that issues from a pure heart and (B)a good conscience and (C)a sincere faith.
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1 Peter 3:10-11
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10 For
(A)“Whoever desires to love life
and see good days,
let him keep his tongue from evil
and his lips from speaking deceit;
11 let him turn away from evil and do good;
let him seek peace and pursue it.
1 Peter 1:22
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22 Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for (A)a sincere brotherly love, (B)love one another earnestly from a pure heart,
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Psalm 101:3
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3 I will not set before my eyes
anything (A)that is worthless.
I hate the work of those who (B)fall away;
it shall not cling to me.
Psalm 97:10
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10 O you who love the Lord, (A)hate evil!
He (B)preserves the lives of his (C)saints;
he (D)delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
1 Thessalonians 5:21
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21 but (A)test everything; hold fast what is good.
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Amos 5:15
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15 (A)Hate evil, and love good,
and establish justice (B)in the gate;
(C)it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts,
will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
Hebrews 12:14
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14 (A)Strive for peace with everyone, and for the (B)holiness (C)without which no one will see the Lord.
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2 Corinthians 8:8
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8 (A)I say this not as a command, but to prove by the earnestness of others that your love also is genuine.
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1 Thessalonians 5:15
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15 See that (A)no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always (B)seek to do good to one another and to everyone.
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Hebrews 1:9
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9 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
therefore God, your God, (A)has anointed you
with (B)the oil of gladness beyond your companions.”
2 Corinthians 6:6
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6 (A)by purity, (B)knowledge, patience, kindness, (C)the Holy Spirit, (D)genuine love;
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Psalm 119:104
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104 Through your precepts I get understanding;
therefore (A)I hate every false way.
Ezekiel 33:31
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31 (A)And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for (B)with lustful talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain.
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Proverbs 8:13
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13 (A)The fear of the Lord is (B)hatred of evil.
(C)Pride and arrogance and the way of evil
and (D)perverted speech I hate.
Psalm 119:163
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163 I hate and abhor falsehood,
but I love (A)your law.
Proverbs 26:25
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Psalm 55:21
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21 His (A)speech was (B)smooth as butter,
yet war was in his heart;
his words were softer than oil,
yet they were (C)drawn swords.
Psalm 36:4
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4 He (A)plots (B)trouble while on his bed;
he sets himself in (C)a way that is not good;
(D)he does not reject evil.
James 2:15-16
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15 (A)If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, 16 (B)and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good[a] is that?
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1 Thessalonians 2:3
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3 For (A)our appeal does not spring from (B)error or (C)impurity or (D)any attempt to deceive,
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