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Green's Literal Translation
1 Peter 4:8
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Above all, maintain constant love for one another, since love covers a multitude of sins.
And aboue all things haue feruent charitie among your selues: for charity shall couer the multitude of sinnes.
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.
Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins.
Most importantly, love each other deeply, because love will cause people to forgive each other for many sins.
Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins.
Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
Most important of all, you must sincerely love each other, because love wipes away many sins.
More than anything, keep loving each other actively; because love covers many sins .
but before all things having fervent love among yourselves, because love covers a multitude of sins;
Most important of all, love each other deeply, because love makes you willing to forgive many sins.
But aboue all thinges haue feruent loue among you: for loue shall couer the multitude of sinnes.
And above all things have fervent charity towards one another: because charity covers a multitude of sins.
Above everything, love one another earnestly, because love covers over many sins.
Above all, keep your love for one another constant, because love covers a large number of sins.
Above all, have fervent and unfailing love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins [it overlooks unkindness and unselfishly seeks the best for others].
above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:
And most of all be warm in your love for one another; because in love there is forgiveness for sins without number:
And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.
Above all, continue to love each other deeply, because love covers a multitude of sins.Proverbs 10:12; 1 Corinthians 13:7; Colossians 3:14; Hebrews 13:1; James 5:20;">[xr]
And before every thing have ardent love for one another; for love covereth a multitude of sins.
And above all things, have fervent love one towards another; for love covereth a multitude of sins.
But aboue all thynges, haue feruent loue among your selues: For loue shall couer the multitude of sinnes.
above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:
And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.
And above all things, have fervent love to each other; for love will cover a multitude of sins.
Above all continue to love one another fervently, for love throws a veil over a multitude of faults.
bifore alle thingis haue ye charite ech to other in you silf algatis lastynge; for charite couerith the multitude of synnes.
above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covers a multitude of sins:
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity will cover a multitude of sins.
Above all keep your love for one another fervent, because love covers a multitude of sins .
And above all things have fervent love for one another, for "love will cover a multitude of sins." Proverbs 10:12">[fn]
Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins.
Most of all, have a true love for each other. Love covers many sins.
Above all, maintain constant love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins.
Before all things, keeping, fervent, your love, among yourselves, because, love, covereth a multitude of sins;
But before all things have a constant mutual charity among yourselves: for charity covereth a multitude of sins.
Above all hold unfailing your love for one another, since love covers a multitude of sins.
But above all thinges have fervet love amoge you. For love covereth the multitude of synnes.
and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;
but aboue all thinges haue feruent loue amonge you one to another. For loue couereth the multitude of synnes.
but above all, let your mutual benevolence be intense, for benevolence cancels a multitude of offences.
Don't ever give up on loving folks. A little bit of love covers a bunch of sin.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
above: Colossians 3:14, James 5:12, 3 John 1:2
fervent: דבנחם וךפוםח [Strong's G1618], "intense love; for love shall cover (or covers, ךבכץנפוי [Strong's G2572], in the present tense, as several copies read) a multitude of sins;" which seems a reference to the proverb, "love covereth all sins," Proverbs 10:12. 1 Peter 1:22, 1 Corinthians 13:1-13, 1 Corinthians 14:1, 1 Thessalonians 3:12, 1 Thessalonians 4:9, 1 Thessalonians 4:10, 2 Thessalonians 1:3, 1 Timothy 1:5, Hebrews 13:1, 2 Peter 1:6, 2 Peter 1:7
for: Proverbs 10:12, Proverbs 12:16, Proverbs 17:9, Proverbs 18:13, 1 Corinthians 13:7, James 5:20
shall: or, will
Reciprocal: Genesis 9:23 - General Genesis 13:8 - brethren Genesis 24:18 - General Daniel 4:27 - break John 15:12 - General Romans 12:9 - love Romans 12:11 - fervent 1 Corinthians 13:4 - suffereth 1 Corinthians 16:14 - General Ephesians 5:2 - walk Philippians 4:8 - are lovely 1 John 3:11 - that we 1 John 3:23 - love 1 John 4:21 - General 2 John 1:5 - that we Revelation 2:19 - charity
Cross-References
And in the end of days, it happened that Cain brought an offering to Jehovah from the fruit of the ground.
And Jehovah said to Cain, Why have you angrily glowed, and why has your face fallen?
And Jehovah said to Cain, Where is your brother Abel? And he said, I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?
And He said, What have you done? The voice of the blood of your brother cries to Me from the ground.
When you till the ground, it will not again give its strength to you. You shall be a vagabond and a fugitive on the earth.
And Jehovah said to him, If anyone kills Cain, he shall be avenged sevenfold. And Jehovah set a mark on Cain, so that anyone who found him should not kill him.
For Cain is avenged sevenfold, and Lamech seventy seven.
And a son was also born to Seth, and he called his name, Enos. Then it was begun to call on the name of Jehovah.
And Abner returned to Hebron. And Joab turned him aside into the middle of the gate, to speak with him privately. And he struck him in the belly there, and he died, because of the blood of his brother Asahel.
And your servant had two sons. And the two of them fought in the field, and there was no deliverer between them. And the one struck the other, and killed him.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves,.... Not but that charity, or love, is to be exercised towards all men, even towards enemies, but more especially towards the saints, and that under such a consideration in which it cannot be exercised towards others; namely, as their brethren in Christ, and as belonging to him, as the children of God, as redeemed by Christ, and sanctified by the Spirit; and these not only such as are of the same nation, and belong to the same particular church and community, or of the same denomination, but all the saints everywhere, whether Jews or Gentiles, or of whatsoever name, and in whatsoever state and condition: and this love ought to be mutual and reciprocal, and to be warm and fervent, and not lukewarm and indifferent, as it too often is; and should be constant, "continued", and "perpetual", as the Vulgate Latin and Arabic versions here read: and this the apostle exhorts to above all things else; since outward sobriety, and watchings, and prayer, and all other duties, are nothing without this; this is the sum and substance of the law, and the fulfilling of it; and without this a mere knowledge of the Gospel, and a profession of it, are in vain, and therefore in the first place to be attended to. And especially for the following reason,
for charity shall cover the multitude of sins; referring to
Proverbs 10:12 not a man's own sins, but the sins of others; and not from the sight of God, for from that only the blood and righteousness of Christ cover sins, even all the sins, the whole multitude of the sins of God's elect; but from the sight of men, both of those against whom they are committed, and others; since charity, or true love, thinks no ill, but puts the best constructions upon the words and actions of fellow Christians, and does not take them up, and improve and exaggerate them, but lets them lie buried in oblivion: it takes no notice of injuries, offences, and affronts, but overlooks them, bears with them, and forgives them, so that they are never raked up, and seen any more; which prevents much scandal, strife, and trouble. The Alexandrian copy, and some others, and the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Arabic versions, read, "covereth", as in
Proverbs 10:12.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And above all things - More than all things else.
Have fervent charity among yourselves - Warm, ardent love toward each other. On the nature of charity, see the notes at 1 Corinthians 13:1. The word rendered “fervent,” means properly extended; then intent, earnest, fervent.
For charity shall cover the multitude of sins - Love to another shall so cover or hide a great many imperfections in him, that you will not notice them. This passage is quoted from Proverbs 10:12; “Love covereth all sins.” For the truth of it we have only to appeal to the experience of everyone:
- True love to another makes us kind to his imperfections, charitable toward his faults, and often blind even to the existence of faults. We would not see the imperfections of those whom we love; and our attachment for what we esteem their real excellencies, makes us insensible to their errors.
- If we love them we are ready to cover over their faults, even those which we may see in them. Of love the Christian poet says:
“Tis gentle, delicate, and kind,
To faults compassionate or blind.
The passage before us is not the same in signification as that in James 5:20, “He which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.” See the notes at that passage. That passage means, that by the conversion of another the sins of him who is converted shall be covered over, or not brought to judgment for condemnation; that is, they shall be covered over so far as God is concerned: this passage means that, under the influence of love, the sins of another shall be covered over so far as we are concerned; that is, they shall be unobserved or forgiven. The language used here does not mean, as the Romanists maintain, that “charity shall procure us pardon for a multitude of sins;” for, besides that such a doctrine is contrary to the uniform teachings of the Scriptures elsewhere, it is a departure from the obvious meaning of the passage. The subject on which the apostle is treating is the advantage of love in our conduct toward others, and this he enforces by saying that it will make us kind to their imperfections, and lead us to overlook their faults. It is nowhere taught in the Scriptures that our “charity” to others will be an atonement or expiation for our own offences. If it could be so, the atonement made by Christ would have been unnecessary. Love, however, is of inestimable value in the treatment of others; and imperfect as we are, and liable to go astray, we all have occasion to cast ourselves on the charity of our brethren, and to avail ourselves much and often of that “love which covers over a multitude of sins.”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 8. Have fervent charity — αγαπηνεκτενη. Intense love; for love shall cover a multitude of sins. A loving disposition leads us to pass by the faults of others, to forgive offences against ourselves, and to excuse and lessen, as far as is consistent with truth, the transgressions of men. It does not mean that our love to others will induce God to pardon our offences. James 5:20; James 5:20.
