1 Peter 4:8
ContextNET © | Above all keep 1 your love for one another fervent, 2 because love covers a multitude of sins. 3 |
NIV © | Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. |
NASB © | Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins. |
NLT © | Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins. |
MSG © | Most of all, love each other as if your life depended on it. Love makes up for practically anything. |
BBE © | And most of all be warm in your love for one another; because in love there is forgiveness for sins without number: |
NRSV © | Above all, maintain constant love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins. |
NKJV © | And above all things have fervent love for one another, for "love will cover a multitude of sins." |
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NET © | Above all keep 1 your love for one another fervent, 2 because love covers a multitude of sins. 3 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn The primary verb of v. 8 is a participle (“having”) but it continues the sense of command from v. 7. 2 tn Or “constant.” 3 sn The statement of v. 8b, love covers a multitude of sins, is proverbial: It is quoted from Prov 10:12 (cf. Jas 5:20). It speaks of the forbearance that comes with love: Christian love is patient and forgiving toward the offenses of a fellow Christian (Matt 18:21-22; 1 Cor 13:4-7). |