Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Romans 12:9
Having spoken of faith and its fruit, Romans 12:3, &c., he comes now to love. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good — Both inwardly and outwardly, whatever ill — will or danger may follow.
Having spoken of faith and its fruit, Romans 12:3, &c., he comes now to love. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good — Both inwardly and outwardly, whatever ill — will or danger may follow.
Verse Romans 12:9. _LET LOVE BE WITHOUT DISSIMULATION._] Ἡ αγαπη ανυποκριτος· Have no _hypocritical_ love; let not your love wear a mask; make no empty professions. Love God and your neighbour; and,...
LET LOVE - The apostle proceeds to specify the duties of Christians in general, that they might secure the beauty and order of the church. The first which he specifies is love. This word here evidentl...
III. EXHORTATIONS AND THE CONCLUSION. Chapter s 12-16. CHAPTER 12 _ 1. The Body as a Willing Sacrifice. (Romans 12:1 .)_ 2. Service. (Romans 12:3 .) 3. The Daily Walk in Holiness. (Romans 12:9 .)...
IN THE CHRISTIAN TEMPER, _modesty_ is the first desideratum. Romans 12:3. I tell everyone that is among you not _to_ be high-minded above a right mind, but to be of a mind to be sober-minded (Sp.). Th...
THE TRUE WORSHIP AND THE ESSENTIAL CHANGE (Romans 12:1-2)...
Your love must be completely sincere. Hate that which is evil and cling to that which is good. Be affectionate to one another in brotherly love. Give to each other priority in honour. Do not be sluggi...
LOVE. App-135. WITHOUT DISSIMULATIONS. unfeigned. Greek. _anupokritos._ Occurances: 2 Corinthians 6:6; 1 Timothy 1:5; 2 Timothy 1:5. Jam 3:17....
Christian practice: in further detail, with regard to personal and social duty 9. _love_ Lit. THE LOVE; your love, Christian love. _Abhor_, &c. Lit. ABHORRING THE EVIL, CLEAVING TO THE GOOD. Here par...
9. The classification of the following clauses is not systematic: some refer to duties to Christians, some to non-Christians, some to both; and the different references are intermixed (cf. τῇ θλίψει,...
F. 12–15:13. THE POWER OF THE GOSPEL SEEN IN ITS EFFECT UPON BOTH THE COMMON AND THE INDIVIDUAL LIFE OF CHRISTIANS. In this section S. Paul deals with the consequences of the principles he has worked...
ΆΝΥΠΌΚΡΙΤΟΣ (G505) нелицемерный; здесь: без лицемерия. Об использовании этого префикса в _знач._ отр. _см._ Romans 1:20. ΆΠΟΣΤΥΓΟΎΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΆΠΟΣΤΥΓΈΩ (G94) презирать, ненавидеть. Вы...
DISCOURSE: 1908 CHRISTIAN DUTIES TO GOD AND MAN EXPLAINED Romans 12:9. _Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour pre...
_TEXT_ Romans 12:3-16. For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but so to think as to think soberly,...
Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. [LET] LOVE BE WITHOUT DISSIMULATION - `Let your love be unfeigned' (as in ; ; and see ). Abhor that which i...
__ Conciliation-National 22 Nothing shows the blindness of Christendom more than their severe denunciation of faithless Israel, yet they are following precisely the same course and have not the slig...
PARAPHRASE. '(1) God's redeeming love should be answered by the true sacrifice and spiritual ritual service of a life of purity and self-denial and work for God. (2) Do not follow the fashions and cus...
DISSIMULATION] RV 'hypocrisy....
PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS ROMANS _HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 12 TRUE *WORSHIP 12:1-2 V1 *Brothers and *sisters, God has shown you his kindness. Therefore I am appealing to you. Of...
(9-21) Now follow to the end of the chapter a number of general exhortations, not addressed to particular persons or classes, but to the Church at large....
WITHOUT DISSIMULATION. — The same Greek word is translated “unfeigned” in 2 Corinthians 6:6; 1 Timothy 1:5; 2 Timothy 1:5, and “without hypocrisy” in...
CHAPTER 26 CHRISTIAN DUTY: DETAILS OF PERSONAL CONDUCT Romans 12:8 ST. PAUL has set before us the life of surrender, of the "giving over" of faculty to God, in one great preliminary aspect. The fair...
As far as any single idea pervades the rest of the chapter it is that of the first words in Romans 12:9 : ἡ ἀγάπη ἀνυπόκριτος. The passage as a whole has a strong affinity to 1 Corinthians 13, and alo...
ἡ ἀγάπη ἀνυπόκριτος : see 2 Corinthians 6:6; 1 Peter 1:22. Probably the following clauses ἀποστυγοῦντες … κολλώμενοι κ. τ. λ. are meant to explain this. Love is undissembled, it is the un-affected Chr...
LIVING AS A CHRISTIAN Romans 12:9 In this section the Apostle shows how the great principle of consecration must affect the details of conduct. It is most necessary to insist on these practical issue...
The word "therefore" links all that is now to be said with everything that has gone before. Because of the grace of God, the believer is called to certain attitudes and actions. The very first of thes...
(6) [Let] love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. (6) Now he comes to the duties of the second table of the ten commandments, which he derives from char...
The apostle does not here prohibit that defence, by which a person, either by word or action, preserves himself from injury. This he could not condemn, since he had so often recourse to it himself, as...
“ _Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil, cleave to that which is good. As to brotherly love, being full of tenderness one toward another; as to honor, each making others to pass...
TWENTY-FIFTH PASSAGE (12:3-21). THE LIFE OF THE BELIEVER AS A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH. The notion of consecration is still the prevailing one in this passage. This consecration is realized in life: 1st,...
The χαρίσματα, _gifts_, are different, as we have just seen. But there is a gift which is at the root of all the rest, and which ought to be common to all believers, that of all those who have no othe...
Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith; (7) Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he t...
The circumstances under which the epistle to the Romans was written gave occasion to the most thorough and comprehensive unfolding, not of the church, but of Christianity. No apostle had ever yet visi...
9._Let love be, etc. _Proceeding now to speak of particular duties, he fitly begins with love, which is the bond of perfection. And respecting this he enjoins what is especially necessary, that all di...
The apostle resumes the thread of his instructions, by taking up as he does in all his epistles the moral consequences of his doctrine. He places the believer at the outset on the ground of God's merc...
LET LOVE BE WITHOUT DISSIMULATION,.... The apostle having given out suitable exhortations to the officers of this church, ministers and deacons, proceeds to stir up to the exercise of grace, and the d...
_Let_ love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. Ver. 9. _Abhor that which is evil_] Hate it as hell itself, αποστυγουντες, so the word signifies; _Mihi ce...
Having spoken of faith and its fruits, Romans 12:3, he comes now to speak of love. _Let love be without dissimulation_ Not in pretence, but in reality; not _in word and tongue only_, but in deed and i...
The Christian's conduct in his personal relations:...
LET LOVE BE WITHOUT DISSIMULATION. ABHOR THAT WHICH IS EVIL; CLEAVE TO THAT WHICH IS GOOD....
PRACTICAL RESPONSE IN BELIEVERS Now Paul has completed his treatment of the subject of God's counsel in reference to salvation - counsel accomplished by a hand of mercy. What then is to be the proper...
Love (agape) should be Without dissimulation - hypocrisy, no pretense, not false love Abhor evil - (pornos) bad, malicious, wicked, badness in quality or character Cleave to that which is good - be...
LET LOVE BE WITHOUT HYPOCRISY. ABHOR THAT WHICH IS EVIL; CLEAVE TO THAT WHICH IS GOOD. 'Let' -we have control over this. 'WITHOUT HYPOCRISY' -'Your love must be genuine' (Gspd) 1 Corinthians 13:1 te...
9-16 The professed love of Christians to each other should be sincere, free from deceit, and unmeaning and deceitful compliments. Depending on Divine grace, they must detest and dread all evil, and l...
The former exhortations respect church officers in particular; those that follow concern all Christians in general. He begins with _love, _ because that is a radical grace; other graces, and gracious...
[In the last section we were told that spiritual and remarkable gifts are to be exercised in humility. This section deals with the ordinary and natural gifts, and is therefore addressed to the whole c...
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book II says Poetry. More nobly the apostle says, "Be haters of the evil; cleave to the good."[126] Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book II "Let your love be witho...
Romans 12:9 love G26 (G5753) hypocrisy G505 Abhor G655 (G5723) evil G4190 Cling G2853 (G5746) good...
A CALL TO FULFIL THE LAW OF CHRIST AND OF THE SCRIPTURES. THE WORKING OUT OF LOVE (12:9-21). Having dealt with what was necessary for the edifying and upbuilding of the body of Christ, Paul now turns...
‘Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cleave to what is good.' As befits a depiction of the teaching of Jesus the list commences with the requirement to love truly. We are called on to r...
A CALL TO MAKE REAL IN THE CHURCH AND IN THE WORLD THE RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH THEY HAVE RECEIVED (12:1-15:33). This section moves from the indicative to the imperative. Having outlined the ways of God i...
1). CHRISTIAN LIVING (12:1-13:14). In this passage Paul calls on God's people so to present their bodies as a living offering to God, through their having died with Christ and risen with Him (Romans 6...
Romans 12:9. LET YOUR LOVE (lit., ‘the love') BE. The imperative form is to be supplied, there being no verb in the Greek. The participles which follow are to be explained accordingly. This is unusual...
2. _Exhortation for all Christians_, _in their Personal Relations_, _from Love of the Brethren to returning Good for Evil._ All the precepts of this section are based upon Christian love (Romans 12:9)...
WITHOUT HYPOCRISY (ανυποκριτος). Late double compound adjective for which see 2 Corinthians 6:6. Hypocritical or pretended love is no love at all as Paul describes αγαπη in Romans 12:1.ABHOR (αποσ...
DISSIMULATION Hypocrisy....
Romans 12:1. _I beseech you therefore, brethren,_ Paul is a calm reasoner. He is a bold starer of truth, but here he comes to pleading with us. I think that I see him lift the pen from the paper and...
CONTENTS: Christian life and service. Consecration to Christ. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul. CONCLUSION: Since we have been justified through grace, by faith in Christ, it is our first duty to surren...
Romans 12:1. _I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God._ Under the form of entreaty he now tenderly exhorts them, in return for all the glory of redeeming love, to present their bodies...
LOVE MUST BE COMPLETELY SINCERE. Compare _1 Corinthians 13._ HATE WHAT IS EVIL. A Christian cannot love evil and love God at the same time. HOLD ON TO WHAT IS GOOD. We are to seize good and make ourse...
_Let love be without dissimulation._ CHRISTIAN LEGISLATION Here are laws for-- I. Social intercourse. It must be-- 1. Honest. 2. Pure. 3. Kind. II. Business must be-- 1. Diligent. 2. Conducte...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 12:9 The rest of the chapter describes the life that pleases God. Not surprisingly, LOVE heads the list (see note on John 13:34–35)....
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 12:1 God’s Righteousness in Everyday Life. The gift of God’s saving righteousness leads to a new life. Paul explains some practical results of God’s saving mercy....
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 12:5.—We are knit together in Christ, as the head in the organic life. Romans 12:6.—Prophesying is both foretelling and forthtelling. Hence preaching and expounding make the p...
EXPOSITION VER. 1–CH. 14:23 III. HORTATORY. It is St. Paul's way to supplement his doctrinal treatises with detailed practical directions as to the conduct that should of necessity ensue on belief in...
I beseech you therefore, brethren (Romans 12:1), Because God has grafted you in, because you are partaking of the fullness of that good tree. I beseech thee, because of these things, that ye present...
1 John 3:18; 1 Peter 1:22; 1 Peter 3:10; 1 Peter 3:11; 1 Peter 4:8;...
Love [η α γ α π η]. The article has the force of your. See on loveth, John 5:20. Without dissimulation [α ν υ π ο κ ρ ι τ ο ς]. Rev., without hypocrisy. See on hypocrites, Matthew 23:13. Abhor [α π ο...
GOD'S CALL TO CONSECRATION Romans 12:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Permit me to enlarge upon the expression, "THEREFORE." Our chapter opens thus: "I beseech you THEREFORE, brethren, by the mercies of God....
The foregoing exhortations respected church officers in particular; these that now follow concern all Christians in general, and acquaint them with their duties in common conversation. He begins with...