1 Peter 4:8

WEB

⁸And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.

KJV

⁸And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

BSB

⁸Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

FBV

⁸Most of all, you should love one another very deeply, for love covers many of the wrong things people do.

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Extra References

Proverbs 10:12

¹²Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.

Colossians 3:14

¹⁴Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.

Proverbs 17:9

⁹He who covers an offense promotes love; but he who repeats a matter separates best friends.

James 5:20

²⁰let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

1 Peter 1:22

²²Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently,

1 Corinthians 13:1

¹If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.

1 Thessalonians 3:12

¹²May the Lord make you to increase and abound in love toward one another and toward all men, even as we also do toward you,

⁹But concerning brotherly love, you have no need that one write to you. For you yourselves are taught by God to love one another, ¹⁰for indeed you do it toward all the brothers who are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brothers, that you abound more and more;

Hebrews 13:1

¹Let brotherly love continue.

1 Timothy 1:5

⁵But the goal of this command is love from a pure heart, a good conscience, and sincere faith,