“abhor”
from apostugeo [apo = “from, away from” + stugeo = “detest, abhor”] - means “to shrink from with abhorrence; to detest”

“hold fast”
from kollao - means “to glue or weld together; to cleave; to adhere to (of friendly intercourse)”

Confession Without Repentance
To confess a sin and then refuse to repent of it is actually worse than to not confess it in the first place! (ref: Lk 12:47-48).

The Gospel
God hates evildoers; but, Jesus reveals God’s heart towards those He hates. He is merciful and gracious.

Jn 15:13
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

1Th 2:3-4
For our appeal does not spring from error or impurity or any attempt to deceive, but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please man, but to please God who tests our hearts.

1Pe 1:22 - Positional & Experiential Sanctification
“Having purified your souls” (ref. positional sanctification), believers are obliged to “love one another earnestly from a pure heart [the new heart we are given at salvation]” (ref. Experiential sanctification).

Jn 13:34
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.