1 Peter 4:8

But above all thinges have fervet love amonge you. For love covereth the multitude of synnes.

Tyndale New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7The ende of all thinges is at honde. Be ye therfore discrete and sober that ye maye be apte to prayers.

9Be ye herberous one to another and that with out grudginge.

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Cross References

Colossians 3:14Above all these thinges put on love which is the bonde of parfectnes.

1 Thessalonians 4:9But as touchynge brotherly love ye nede not that I wryte vnto you. For ye are taught of God to love on another.

1 Timothy 1:5for the ende of the commaundement is love that cometh of a pure herte and of a good conscience and of fayth vnfayned:

James 5:12But above all thynges my brethren sweare not nether by heven nether by erth nether by eny other othe. Let youre ye be ye and youre maye naye: lest ye faule into ypocrecy.

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 →

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