Romans 12:9
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Marks of the True Christian
9 Let love be genuine; hate what is evil; hold fast to what is good;
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Psalm 34:14
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14 Depart from evil, and do good;
seek peace, and pursue it.(A)
1 Peter 4:8
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8 Above all, maintain constant love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins.(A)
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1 John 3:18-20
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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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1 Timothy 1:5
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5 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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1 Peter 3:10-11
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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.
1 Peter 1:22
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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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Psalm 97:10
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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)
Psalm 101:3
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3 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)
1 Thessalonians 5:21
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21 but test everything; hold fast to what is good;(A)
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Amos 5:15
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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)
Hebrews 12:14
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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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2 Corinthians 8:8
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8 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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2 Corinthians 6:6
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6 in purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, holiness of spirit, genuine love,
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Hebrews 1:9
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9 You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness;[a]
therefore God, your God, has anointed you
with the oil of gladness beyond your companions.”(A)
Footnotes
- 1.9 Other ancient authorities read wickedness
1 Thessalonians 5:15
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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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Ezekiel 33:31
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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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- 33.31 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Psalm 119:104
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104 Through your precepts I get understanding;
therefore I hate every false way.(A)
Proverbs 8:13
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13 The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil.
Pride and arrogance and the way of evil
and perverted speech I hate.(A)
Psalm 119:163
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163 I hate and abhor falsehood,
but I love your law.
Psalm 36:4
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4 They plot mischief while on their beds;
they are set on a way that is not good;
they do not reject evil.(A)
James 2:15-16
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15 If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food(A) 16 and one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and eat your fill,” and yet you do not supply their bodily needs, what is the good of that?
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1 Thessalonians 2:3
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3 For our appeal does not spring from deceit or impure motives or trickery,
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Acts 11:23
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23 When he came and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced, and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast devotion,(A)
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John 12:6
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6 (He said this not because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; he kept the common purse and used to steal what was put into it.)
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