Let love be without hypocrisy—detesting what is evil, holding fast to the good.
No base thing will I set before my eyes. Twisted behavior I hate— it will not cling to me.
From Your precepts I get discernment, therefore I hate every false way.
I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your Torah I love.
Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking treachery.
His mouth’s words are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and do good.
Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, and a scepter of justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
My companion put forth his hands against those at peace with him, as he violates his covenant.
You who love Adonai, hate evil! He watches over the souls of His godly ones. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
When he speaks favorably, do not believe him, for there are seven abominations in his heart.
To fear Adonai is to hate evil. I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and a perverse mouth.
So they come to you, as people come, and sit before you as My people and hear your words—but they do not do them—for with their mouth they express doting love, but their heart goes after their own dishonest gain.
Hate evil, love good, maintain justice at the gate. Maybe Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot will extend grace to Joseph’s remnant.
And immediately Judah drew near to Yeshua and said, “Shalom, Rabbi!” and kissed Him.
Now he said this not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. Since he had the moneybox, he used to steal from what was put in it.
When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he was thrilled. He encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with heartfelt devotion.
in purity, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Ruach ha-Kodesh, in genuine love,
I am saying this not as a command, but I am trying to prove by the diligence of others the genuineness of your love as well.
For our urging is not out of deceit or impure motives or trickery.
See that no one repays evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good for one another and for all.
but test all things, hold fast to what is good,
Now the goal of this command is love from of a pure heart and a clear conscience and a genuine faith.
You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness above Your companions.”
Pursue shalom with everyone, and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial, not hypocritical.
Now that you have purified your souls in obedience to the truth, leading to sincere brotherly love, love one another fervently from a pure heart.
Above all, keep your love for one another constant, for “love covers a multitude of sins.”