Romans 12:9
Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.
Tag: Christian Love
It is interesting, in the verse, that Paul ties love with abhorring evil. In today's society the interpretation would be love conquers all and if you love you will ignore evil. The the world love means allowing others to live in evil. To the modern thinker, interfering with the way someone lives, even if it is evil, is "unloving." Yet, what we see from Paul is that for our love to be "genuine" we must "abhor" what is evil. The one is not separated by the other. In fact, the Greek word for "genuine" carries the meaning to love without hypocrisy, but also carries the meaning to properly discern. We are to make sure our love is not polluted. Love can't look past sin. It must discern the difference between good and evil and choose good. Love can cover sin, but it cannot mix with sin. You can't love and ignore sin. You can conquer sin by love, but the two can't dwell in the same room and breath equally the same air. Christian love is to love the world and love the person in sin, but not to abhor the sin.
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