Romans 12:9
Modern Translations
New International Version
Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.

New Living Translation
Don’t just pretend to love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Hold tightly to what is good.

English Standard Version
Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.

Berean Study Bible
Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.

New American Standard Bible
Love must be free of hypocrisy. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.

NASB 1995
Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good.

NASB 1977
Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good.

Amplified Bible
Love is to be sincere and active [the real thing—without guile and hypocrisy]. Hate what is evil [detest all ungodliness, do not tolerate wickedness]; hold on tightly to what is good.

Christian Standard Bible
Let love be without hypocrisy. Detest evil; cling to what is good.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Love must be without hypocrisy. Detest evil; cling to what is good.

Contemporary English Version
Be sincere in your love for others. Hate everything that is evil and hold tight to everything that is good.

Good News Translation
Love must be completely sincere. Hate what is evil, hold on to what is good.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Love sincerely. Hate evil. Hold on to what is good.

International Standard Version
Your love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good.

NET Bible
Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil, cling to what is good.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

New King James Version
Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good.

King James 2000 Bible
Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

New Heart English Bible
Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.

World English Bible
Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.

American King James Version
Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; hold to that which is good.

American Standard Version
Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

A Faithful Version
Let love be without hypocrisy, abhorring that which is evil and cleaving to that which is good.

Darby Bible Translation
Let love be unfeigned; abhorring evil; cleaving to good:

English Revised Version
Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

Webster's Bible Translation
Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Let loue be without dissimulation. Abhorre that which is euill, and cleaue vnto that which is good.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Loue without dissimulation, hatyng euyll, cleauyng to good.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Let loue be without dissimulacion. Hate that which is euell: Cleue vnto that which is good.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
Let love be wt out dissimulacion. Hate that which is evyll and cleave vnto that which is good.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
The love unhypocritical: abhorring the evil; cleaving to the good;

Berean Literal Bible
Let love be unfeigned: abhorring evil, cleaving to good,

Young's Literal Translation
The love unfeigned: abhorring the evil; cleaving to the good;

Smith's Literal Translation
Love unfeigned. Hating evil; fastened to good.

Literal Emphasis Translation
Let love be genuine, abhorring the evil; cleaving to the intrinsic good.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Let love be without dissimulation. Hating that which is evil, cleaving to that which is good.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Let love be without falseness: hating evil, clinging to what is good,

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And be not deceitful in your love, but hate evil and cleave to the good.

Lamsa Bible
Let not your love be deceitful. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good;

Godbey New Testament
Let love be free from hypocrisy. Abhorring the evil, cleaving to the good:

Haweis New Testament
Let love be undissembled. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

Mace New Testament
Let love be without dissimulation, abhor that which is evil, adhere to that which is good.

Weymouth New Testament
Let your love be perfectly sincere. Regard with horror what is evil; cling to what is right.

Worrell New Testament
Let love be without hypocrisy; abhorring that which is evil; cleaving to that which is good;

Worsley New Testament
Let love be unfeigned. Abhor that which is evil, cleave to that which is good;
















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