1 Peter 4:8
But above all things have fervent love towards each other: for love will conceal a multitude of faults.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
7But the end of all things is near: be ye therefore sober-minded, and vigilant in prayers.
9Exercise hospitality one towards another without grudgings.
Cross References
Colossians 3:14But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection.
1 Thessalonians 4:9Now concerning brotherly love, I have no need to write unto you: for ye yourselves are divinely taught to love one another.
1 Timothy 1:5For the end of the commandment is love out of a clean heart, and good conscience, and faith unfeigned:
James 5:12But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, nor by earth, nor by any other oath: but let your yea be yea, and your no, no; 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 →