Rom 12:9, 1Th 5:21-22, 3Jo 11 | ESV | STEP | Let love be genuine . Abhor what is evil ; hold fast to what is good .

a 2 Cor. 6:6; 1 Tim. 1:5; 1 Pet. 1:22

b Ps. 97:10; 101:3; Amos 5:15; [1 Thess. 5:21, 22]

c 1 John 4:1; [Job 34:4]; See Eph. 5:10

d[Ps. 34:14; 37:27; Isa. 1:16, 17]

fSee 1 John 3:6

Romans 12:9

Marks of the True Christian

9 ^aLet love be genuine. ^bAbhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.

1 Thessalonians 5:21-22

21 but ^ctest everything; hold fast what is good. 22 Abstain from every form of evil.

3 John 11

11 Beloved, ^ddo not imitate evil but imitate good. ^eWhoever does good is from God; ^fwhoever does evil has not seen God.

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