Romans 12:9
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.

Young's Literal Translation
The love unfeigned: abhorring the evil; cleaving to the good;

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

Greek
Love
ἀγάπη (agapē)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 26: From agapao; love, i.e. Affection or benevolence; specially a love-feast.

must be sincere.
ἀνυπόκριτος (anypokritos)
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 505: Unfeigned, without hypocrisy, sincere. Undissembled, i.e. Sincere.

Detest
ἀποστυγοῦντες (apostygountes)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 655: To detest, abhor. From apo and the base of stugnetos; to detest utterly.

what [is]
τὸ (to)
Article - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

evil;
πονηρόν (ponēron)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 4190: Evil, bad, wicked, malicious, slothful.

cling to
κολλώμενοι (kollōmenoi)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 2853: From kolla; to glue, i.e. to stick.

what [is]
τῷ (tō)
Article - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

good.
ἀγαθῷ (agathō)
Adjective - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's 18: A primary word; 'good'.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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