1 Peter 4:8
above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
7But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore of sound mind, and be sober unto prayer:
9using hospitality one to another without murmuring:
Cross References
Proverbs 12:16A fool’s vexation is presently known: but a prudent man concealeth shame.
Proverbs 18:13He that giveth answer before he heareth, it is folly and shame unto him.
Colossians 3:14and above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfectness.
1 Thessalonians 4:9But concerning love of the brethren ye have no need that one write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another;
1 Timothy 1:5But the end of the charge 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 the 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 judgment.
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 →