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I hate them with perfect hatred. They have become my enemies.
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Hating the Sin, Not the Sinner
Commentators universally clarify that the 'perfect hatred' mentioned is not personal animosity but a complete and total rejection of evil. John Calvin explains this hatred is directed 'toward the sins rather than the persons of the wicked.' It signifies a profound alignment with God's holiness and a refusal to approve of or be complicit with actions that dishonor Him.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I hate them with perfect hatred - With no approval whatever of their conduct; with no sympathy for the evil they do; with no words …
19th Century
Anglican
With perfect hatred.—Literally, with perfection of hatred. Compare Tennyson’s
“Dowered with the hate of hate.”
Baptist
For they speak against you wickedly, and your enemies take your name in vain. Do I not hate them, O LORD, that hate you? And am I not grieved w…
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16th Century
Protestant
I hate them with perfect hatred. Literally, it is, "I hate them with perfection of hatred." He repeats the same truth as previously: that …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I hate them with perfect hatred Heartily and really; not in word only, but in deed and in truth; "odio vatiniano", w…
God's counsels concerning us and our welfare are profound, such that they cannot be fully known. We cannot comprehend how many mercies we have rece…
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