1 Peter 4:8
Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
Note See Proverbs 10:12
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.
above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:
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Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- above
- Colossians 3:14; James 5:12; 3 John 1:2
- 1 Peter 4:8
- fervent.[Agapen ektenes , "intense love; for love shall cover (or covers, [kalupto ,] in the present tense, as several copies read) a multitude of sins;" which seems a reference to the proverb, "love covereth all sins," Pr 10:12.
- 1 Peter 1:22; 1 Corinthians 13:1–13; 1 Corinthians 14:1; 1 Thessalonians 3:12; 1 Thessalonians 4:9, 10; 2 Thessalonians 1:3; 1 Timothy 1:5; Hebrews 13:1; 2 Peter 1:6, 7
- for
- Proverbs 10:12; Proverbs 12:16; Proverbs 17:9; Proverbs 18:13; 1 Corinthians 13:7; James 5:20