12:9 Love must be 6 without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil, cling to what is good.
1 tn Heb “hug.”
2 tn Heb “done.”
3 tn Grk “Antioch, who when.” The relative pronoun was omitted and a new sentence was begun in the translation at this point to improve the English style, due to the length of the sentence in Greek.
4 tn BDAG 883 s.v. προσμένω 1.a.β has “remain true to the Lord” for προσμένειν (prosmenein) in this verse.
5 tn Grk “with purpose of heart”; BDAG 869 s.v. πρόθεσις 2.a translates this phrase “purpose of heart, i.e. devotion” here.
6 tn The verb “must be” is understood in the Greek text.