-2) Shortly thereafter, he commands: "Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what isgood" (Rom 12:9). Take your time with those three phrases. What should we make of: • Let love be genuine (anypokritos: sincere, without hypocrisy) • Abhor (apostungountes: loathe, be disgusted with) what is evil- • Hold fast (kollomenoi: embrace, used for sexual union in 1 Cor 6:16) to what is good - Why must genuine love for God hate evil? When God refers to evil, what does he have in mind? Consider these lists of vices that characterize the wicked and the sort of people who will not enter the kingdom of God: • Mark 7:21-22 - • Romans 1:24-31 - • Romans 13:13- • 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 - • Galatians 5:19-21 - • Colossians 3:5-9 - • 1 Timothy 1:9-10- • Revelation 21:8 -