1 Peter 4:8
but above all things having your love toward one another fervent, because love covers a multitude of sins;
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
7But the end of all things is at hand. Be therefore sober, and watch unto prayer;
9hospitable to one another, without grudging;
Cross References
Colossians 3:14and over all these, love, which is the bond of perfectness.
1 Thessalonians 4:9But concerning brotherly love ye need not that I write to you; for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
1 Timothy 1:5Now the end of the commandment is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and faith unfeigned;
James 5:12But above all things, my brethren, swear not; neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay; that ye fall not under condemnation.
Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 4:8-12
Sobriety, Watchfulness, and Charity; Improvement of Talents. ( a. d. 66.) 7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. 8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. 9 Use hospitality one to another without grudging. 10 As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. 11 If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man… Read the whole commentary →