Romans 12:9 - Exposition

Let love be unfeigned (so is rendered elsewhere ἀνυπόκριτος in the Authorized Version, cf. 2 Corinthians 6:6 ; 1 Timothy 1:5 ; 2 Timothy 1:5 ; 1 Peter 1:22 ). Abhor (literally, abhorring ) that which is evil; cleave (literally, cleaving ) to that which is good . The participles ἀποστυγοῦντες , etc., here and afterwards, may be understood as mildly imperative. Or perhaps the apostle connected them in thought with ἡ ἀγάπη ἀνυπόκριτος , as if he had said, Love ye unfeignedly.