1 Peter 4:8 KJV — MannaFest

1 Peter 4:8

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

KJV

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ASV

above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:

WEB

Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

YLT

and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;

DBT

but before all things having fervent love among yourselves, because love covers a multitude of sins;

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1 Peter — Peter to scattered exiles across Asia Minor — five chapters on suffering and a living hope. A royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people.

Author: The apostle Peter (1:1); Silvanus assisted (5:12)
Date: Early 60s AD, likely from ‘Babylon’ (Rome, 5:13)

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33 verses on the floor

1 Corinthians 13:4
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Proverbs 10:12
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
Colossians 3:14
And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
Proverbs 17:9
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
1 Corinthians 13:7
Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

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Some of the strongest and best arguments against all sorts of sin are taken from the sufferings of Christ. All sympathy and tenderness for Christ as a sufferer are lost of you do not put away sin.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

There is a special relation between all sincere Christians, and a particular amiableness and good in them, which require special affection. (2.) It is not enough for Christians not to bear malice, nor to have common respect for one another, they must intensely and fervently love each other. (3.) It is the property of true charity to cover a multitude of sins.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

It is not, as Rome teaches, "covereth" his own sins; for then the Greek middle voice would be used; and Pr 10:12; 17:9 support the Protestant view. "As God with His love covers my sins if I believe, so must I also cover the sins of my neighbor" [LUTHER].

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Love covereth a multitude of sins - Yea, "love covereth all things." He that loves another, covers his faults, how many soever they be. He turns away his own eyes from them; and, as far as is possible, hides them from others. And he continually prays that all the sinner's iniquities may be forgiven and his sins covered.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

1PE 4:8PRO 17:9 PRO 10:12
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
1PE 4:8PRO 10:12 1CO 13:4-7
1PE 4:81PE 1:22 1TI 1:5
1PE 4:8PRO 10:12 PRO 17:9
1PE 4:81PE 1:22 HEB 13:1
1PE 4:81PE 1:22 ROM 12:9-10
1PE 4:8COL 3:14 EPH 5:2
1PE 4:81PE 1:22 1PE 3:8

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