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1Pe 4:8 — And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
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above   Col 3:14; Jam 5:12; 3Jo 1:2
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,? Pro 10:12; 1Pe 1:22; 1Cr 13:1-13; 1Cr 14:1; 1Th 3:12; 1Th 4:9,10; 2Th 1:3; 1Ti 1:5; Hbr 13:1; 2Pe 1:6,7
for   Pro 10:12; Pro 12:16; Pro 17:9; Pro 18:13; 1Cr 13:7; Jam 5:20
shall   or, will.
Correlating Passages
above
Col 3:14 And above all these things [put on] charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
Jam 5:12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and [your] nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
3Jo 1:2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
fervent
Pro 10:12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
1Pe 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:
1Cr 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.
1Cr 13:2 And though I have [the gift of] prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
1Cr 13:3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed [the poor], and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
1Cr 13:4 Charity suffereth long, [and] is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
1Cr 13:5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
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1Cr 14:1 Follow after charity, and desire spiritual [gifts], but rather that ye may prophesy.
1Th 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:
1Th 4:9 But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
1Th 4:10 And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;
2Th 1:3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;
1Ti 1:5 Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and [of] a good conscience, and [of] faith unfeigned:
Hbr 13:1 Let brotherly love continue.
2Pe 1:6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
2Pe 1:7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
for
Pro 10:12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
Pro 12:16 A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent [man] covereth shame.
Pro 17:9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth [very] friends.
Pro 18:13 He that answereth a matter before he heareth [it], it [is] folly and shame unto him.
1Cr 13:7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
Jam 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.

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Scott, Thomas. "1 Peter 4:8," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/1Pe/4/8.html>.

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