1 Peter 4:8
Above all things your love for one another should be constant, because love covers a multitude of sins.
Family 35 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
7The end of all things has approached; therefore be serious and self-controlled in your praying.
9Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.
Cross References
Colossians 3:14And above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection.
1 Thessalonians 4:9Now about brotherly love you do not need to be written to, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another,
1 Timothy 1:5Now the goal of that command is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith;
James 5:12But above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or any other oath. Let your “Yes” be “Yes”, and your “No”, “No”, lest you fall into pretense.
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 →