Rom 12:9, 1Cor 2:6-7, 1Pe 1:22, 2:1, 1Jo 3:18 | ISV | STEP | Your love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good.

Romans 12:9

9 Your love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good.Ps 34:14; 36:4; 97:10; Amos 5:15; 1Tim 1:5; 1Pet 1:22

1 Corinthians 2:6-7

6 God's Spirit Reveals EverythingHowever, when we are among mature people, we do speak a message of ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks a message of} wisdom, but not the wisdom of this world or of the rulers of this world, who are passing off the scene.1Cor 1:20, 28; 14:20; 2Cor 1:12; Eph 4:13; Phil 3:15; Heb 5:14; James 3:15 7 Instead, we speak about God's secret wisdom that has been hidden, which God destined for our glory before the world began. ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks began}Rom 16:25-26; Eph 3:5, 9; Col 1:26; 2Tim 1:9

1 Peter 1:22

22 Love One AnotherNow that you have obeyed the truth ^{▼▼Other mss. read the truth through the Spirit} and have purified your souls to love your brothers sincerely, you must love one another intensely and with a pure heart.Acts 15:9; Rom 12:9-10; 1Thes 4:9; 1Tim 1:5; Heb 13:1; 1Pet 2:17; 3:8; 4:8; 2Pet 1:7; 1John 3:18

1 Peter 2:1

1 Live as God's Chosen PeopleTherefore, rid yourselves of every kind of evil and deception, hypocrisy, jealousy, and every kind of slander.Eph 4:22, 25, 31; Col 3:8; Heb 12:1; James 1:21; 5:9; 1Pet 4:2

1 John 3:18

18 Little children, we must stop loving in word and in tongue, but instead love ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks love} in action ^{▼▼Or work} and in truth.Ezek 33:31; Rom 12:9; Eph 4:15; James 2:15; 1Pet 1:22