1 Peter 4:8

American Standard Version (1901)

above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:

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  • Prov 10:12 : 12 Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions.
  • Prov 17:9 : 9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; But he that harpeth on a matter separateth chief friends.
  • Col 3:14 : 14 and above all these things [put on] love, which is the bond of perfectness.
  • 1 Pet 1:22 : 22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently:
  • Jas 5:20 : 20 let him know, that he who converteth a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins.
  • 1 Thess 3:12 : 12 and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we also [do] toward you;
  • 1 Thess 4:9-9 : 9 But concerning love of the brethren ye have no need that one write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another; 10 for indeed ye do it toward all the brethren that are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brethren, that ye abound more and more;
  • 2 Thess 1:3 : 3 We are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, even as it is meet, for that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all toward one another aboundeth;
  • 1 Cor 13:1-14:1 : 1 If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have [the gift of] prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 And if I bestow all my goods to feed [the poor], and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profiteth me nothing. 4 Love suffereth long, [and] is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5 doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil; 6 rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with the truth; 7 beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. 8 Love never faileth: but whether [there be] prophecies, they shall be done away; whether [there be] tongues, they shall cease; whether [there be] knowledge, it shall be done away. 9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part; 10 but when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away. 11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child: now that I am become a man, I have put away childish things. 12 For now we see in a mirror, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know fully even as also I was fully known. 13 But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love. 1 Follow after love; yet desire earnestly spiritual [gifts], but rather that ye may prophesy.
  • 2 Pet 1:6-7 : 6 and in [your] knowledge self-control; and in [your] self-control patience; and in [your] patience godliness; 7 and in [your] godliness brotherly kindness; and in [your] brotherly kindness love.
  • 3 John 1:2 : 2 Beloved, I pray that in all things thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
  • 1 Tim 1:5 : 5 But the end of the charge is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and faith unfeigned:
  • Heb 13:1 : 1 Let love of the brethren continue.
  • Prov 18:13 : 13 He that giveth answer before he heareth, It is folly and shame unto him.
  • Prov 12:16 : 16 A fool's vexation is presently known; But a prudent man concealeth shame.

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    13forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any man have a complaint against any; even as the Lord forgave you, so also do ye:

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    9using hospitality one to another without murmuring:

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    12Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions.

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    8Finally, [be] ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded:

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    22Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently:

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    14Let all that ye do be done in love.

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    7and in [your] godliness brotherly kindness; and in [your] brotherly kindness love.

    8For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful unto the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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    31Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice:

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    7But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore of sound mind, and be sober unto prayer:

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    4Love suffereth long, [and] is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

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    9Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

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    2with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

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    1Let love of the brethren continue.

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    7beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

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    11Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

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

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    9But concerning love of the brethren ye have no need that one write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another;

    10for indeed ye do it toward all the brethren that are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brethren, that ye abound more and more;

  • Jude 1:21-22
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    21keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

    22And on some have mercy, who are in doubt;

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    5Beloved, thou doest a faithful work in whatsoever thou doest toward them that are brethren and strangers withal;

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    8Wherefore I beseech you to confirm [your] love toward him.

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    5But the end of the charge is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and faith unfeigned:

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    21And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.

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    3We are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, even as it is meet, for that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all toward one another aboundeth;

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    13But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

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    14For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, [even] in this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

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    14Salute one another with a kiss of love. Peace be unto you all that are in Christ.

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    35By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

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    13and to esteem them exceeding highly in love for their work's sake. Be at peace among yourselves.

  • Acts 4:32
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    7Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.

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    8Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law.

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    12that ye may walk becomingly toward them that are without, and may have need of nothing.

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    7casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you.

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    15For all things [are] for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound unto the glory of God.