1 Peter 4:8
Above everything have fervent love to one another; for love veils a multitude of sins.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
7But the end of all things is close at hand; so be sober, watch and pray.
9Be hospitable to one another, without grudging.
Cross References
Colossians 3:14Over them all bind on love, which is the girdle of completeness.
1 Thessalonians 4:9It is not needed that I should write to you about brotherly love; for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.
1 Timothy 1:5Now the end of the exhortation is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and an undissembled faith.
James 5:12Again, above all things, my brothers, swear not at all, neither by the heavens, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath. Let your "yes" be "yes," and your "no," "no," so you will not fall 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 →