Contradiction with 1 Samuel 15:3
Romans 12:9 emphasizes love and abhors evil, while 1 Samuel 15:3 commands destruction, including of innocents, seen as contradictory to love.
1 Samuel 15:3: Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
Contradiction with Matthew 10:34-36
Romans 12:9 promotes love and peace, yet Matthew 10:34-36 speaks of bringing not peace but a sword, seeming to contradict peaceful love.
Matthew 10:34-36: Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
Contradiction with Deuteronomy 20:16-17
Romans 12:9 calls for abhorring evil and offering love, whereas Deuteronomy commands the complete annihilation of certain peoples, which can contradict the call to love.
Deuteronomy 20:16-17: But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee [for] an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:
Contradiction with Numbers 31:17-18
Romans 12:9 suggests love and avoidance of evil, while Numbers 31:17-18 describes acts of violence commanded by God, opposing loving actions.
Numbers 31:17-18: Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. [him: Heb. a male]
Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 3:8
Romans 12:9 encourages love unfeigned, but Ecclesiastes 3:8 mentions a time for hate, seemingly contradicting perpetual love.
Ecclesiastes 3:8: A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.