11 translations · Greek
Romans 12:9
Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.
Romans 12:9 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.
- KJV King James Version
- Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- The love unhypocritical: abhorring the evil; cleaving to the good;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Love must be genuine. Hate what is evil; hold on tightly to what is good.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- The love unfeigned: abhorring the evil; cleaving to the good;
- DBY Darby Translation
- Let love be unfeigned; abhorring evil; cleaving to good:
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Let love be without dissimulation. Hating that which is evil, cleaving to that which is good.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ἡ | Hē | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἀγάπη | agapē | Love | G26 ἀγάπη love |
| ἀνυπόκριτος | anypokritos | must be sincere | G505 ἀνυπόκριτος genuine |
| ἀποστυγοῦντες | apostygountes | Detest | G655 ἀποστυγέω to abhor |
| τὸ | to | what [is] | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| πονηρόν | ponēron | evil | G4190 πονηρός evil/bad |
| κολλώμενοι | kollōmenoi | cling to | G2853 κολλάω to join |
| τῷ | tō | what [is] | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἀγαθῷ | agathō | good | G18 ἀγαθός good |
Related verses
- Psalm 34:14
Depart from evil, and do good. seek peace, and pursue it.
- 1 Peter 4:8
And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.
- 1 Timothy 1:5
but the goal of this command is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and sincere faith;
- 1 John 3:18–20
My little children, let’s not love in word only, or with the tongue only, but in deed and truth. And by this we know that we are of the truth, and persuade our hearts before him, because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.
- 1 Peter 3:10–11
For, “He who would love life, and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit. Let him turn away from evil, and do good. Let him seek peace, and pursue it.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:21
Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good.
- Psalm 101:3
I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me.
- Amos 5:15
Hate evil, love good, and establish justice in the courts. It may be that Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”
- 1 Peter 1:22
Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently:
- Psalm 97:10
You who love Yahweh, hate evil. He preserves the souls of his saints. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
7 or service, let us give ourselves to service; or he who teaches, to his teaching;
8 or he who exhorts, to his exhorting: he who gives, let him do it with generosity; he who rules, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
9 Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.
10 In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate to one another; in honor preferring one another;
11 not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
Read all of Romans 12 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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