1 Peter 4:8 · KJV
“And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. {shall: or, will}”
— 1 Peter 4:8
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
1 Peter 4 — Context
For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
7But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
8And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. {shall: or, will}
9Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
10As every man hath received the gift, {even so} minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:12
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
Colossians 3:14
And above all these things {put on} charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
Proverbs 17:9
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth {very} friends. {seeketh: or, procureth}
James 5:20
Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
1 Peter 1:22
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, {see that ye} love one another with a pure heart fervently:
1 Corinthians 13:1
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become {as} sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
1 Thessalonians 3:12
And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all {men}, even as we {do} toward you:
1 Thessalonians 4:9-10
But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
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