(9) Let love he without dissimulation, i. e. sincere, not hypocritical, and not consisting in words merely. The love here intended is proba- bly love to all men, and not to Christians exclusively, as in v. 10 hro< therly affection is particularly specified. Much less is love to God the idea meant to be expressed.
Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. The words rendered to abhor and to cleave to are peculiarly forcible, and express the highest degree of hatred on the one hand, and of persevering devotion on the other. Tne latter word, in the active form, properly means to glue,