Romans 12:9 KJV

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

The same verse in modern English

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.Romans 12:9, World English Bible (WEB)

Romans 12:9 in the WEB, with its own quiet pause

Older words in this verse

dissimulation: pretending, hypocrisy

From Romans 12

Offer your ordinary day, your body, your work, your meals, as worship. Then think of one person to bless today, perhaps someone who has made life hard.

Read Romans 12 slowly

The reading prompts in this Bible use the wording of the World English Bible.

For your own quiet time, Stilling Waves makes a journal for this chapter: When You Feed the Body and Your Own Soul Eats the Leftovers.

More from Romans 12 in the KJV: Romans 12:2 Romans 12:1 Romans 12:10 Romans 12:11 Romans 12:12 all KJV verses

Scripture: King James Version (1769 text), from eBible.org and the CrossWire Bible Society; public domain outside the United Kingdom, and in the United Kingdom under Crown patent, administered by Cambridge University Press. About the KJV here.