Romans 12:9-15, James 2:8-17, 1 Peter 1:22, 1 John 3:16-18, Hebrews 6:10, Hebrews 13:1-3

⁹Let ^alove be without hypocrisy—by ^babhorring what is evil, clinging to what is good, ¹⁰being ^adevoted to one another in brotherly love, ¹giving preference to one another ^bin honor, ¹¹not lagging behind in diligence, being ^afervent in spirit, ^bserving the Lord, ¹²^arejoicing in hope, ^bpersevering in affliction, being ^cdevoted to prayer, ¹³^acontributing to the needs of the ¹saints, ^bpursuing hospitality.

¹⁴^aBless those who persecute ¹you; bless, and do not curse. ¹⁵^aRejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep,

⁸If, however, you ^aare fulfilling the ¹royal law according to the Scripture, “^bYou shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well. ⁹But if you ^ashow partiality, you are committing sin, being convicted by the ¹law as transgressors. ¹⁰For whoever keeps the whole ¹law and yet ^astumbles in one point, he has become ^bguilty of all. ¹¹For He who said, “^aDo not commit adultery,” also said, “^bDo not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery, but murder, you have become a transgressor of the ¹law. ¹²So speak and so act as those who are to be judged by ^athe law of freedom. ¹³For ^ajudgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy ¹triumphs over judgment.

Faith and Works

¹⁴^aWhat use is it, ^bmy brothers, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can ¹that faith save him? ¹⁵^aIf a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, ¹⁶and one of you says to them, “^aGo in peace, ¹be warmed and be filled,” and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that? ¹⁷Even so ^afaith, if it has no works, is ¹dead by itself.

²²Since you have ^ain obedience to the truth ^bpurified your souls for a love of the brothers ^cwithout hypocrisy, fervently love one another from ¹the heart,

¹⁶By this we have known love, that ^aHe laid down His life for us; and ^bwe ought to lay down our lives for the ^cbrothers. ¹⁷But ^awhoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need and ^bcloses his ¹heart ²against him, ^chow does the love of God abide in him? ¹⁸^aLittle children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and ^btruth.

¹⁰For ^aGod is not unrighteous so as to forget ^byour work and the love which you have shown toward His name, in having ^cministered and continuing to minister to the ¹saints.

Sacrifices Pleasing to God

13Let ^alove of the brothers continue. ²Do not neglect to ^ashow hospitality to strangers, for by this some have ^bentertained angels without knowing it. ³^aRemember ^bthe prisoners, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you yourselves also are in the body.