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1 Peter 4

1 Peter 4:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
above
pro (Greek #4253)
"fore", i.e. in front of, prior (figuratively, superior) to
KJV usage: above, ago, before, or ever. In the comparative, it retains the same significations.
Pronounce: pro
Origin: a primary preposition
all things
pas (Greek #3956)
apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole
KJV usage: all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.
Pronounce: pas
Origin: including all the forms of declension
have
echo (Greek #2192)
(used in certain tenses only) a primary verb; to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or condition)
KJV usage: be (able, X hold, possessed with), accompany, + begin to amend, can(+ -not), X conceive, count, diseased, do + eat, + enjoy, + fear, following, have, hold, keep, + lack, + go to law, lie, + must needs, + of necessity, + need, next, + recover, + reign, + rest, + return, X sick, take for, + tremble, + uncircumcised, use.
Pronounce: ekh'-o
Origin: σχέω (skheh'-o)
fervent
ektenes (Greek #1618)
intent
KJV usage: without ceasing, fervent.
Pronounce: ek-ten-ace'
Origin: from 1614
charity
agape (Greek #26)
love, i.e. affection or benevolence; specially (plural) a love-feast
KJV usage: (feast of) charity(-ably), dear, love.
Pronounce: ag-ah'-pay
Origin: from 25
among
eis (Greek #1519)
to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
KJV usage: (abundant-)ly, against, among, as, at, (back-)ward, before, by, concerning, + continual, + far more exceeding, for (intent, purpose), fore, + forth, in (among, at, unto, -so much that, -to), to the intent that, + of one mind, + never, of, (up-)on, + perish, + set at one again, (so) that, therefore(-unto), throughout, til, to (be, the end, -ward), (here-)until(-to), ...ward, (where-)fore, with. Often used in composition with the same general import, but only with verbs (etc.) expressing motion (literally or figuratively).
Pronounce: ice
Origin: a primary preposition
yourselves
heautou (Greek #1438)
him- (her-, it-, them-, also (in conjunction with the personal pronoun of the other persons) my-, thy-, our-, your-) self (selves), etc.
KJV usage: alone, her (own, -self), (he) himself, his (own), itself, one (to) another, our (thine) own(-selves), + that she had, their (own, own selves), (of) them(-selves), they, thyself, you, your (own, own conceits, own selves, -selves).
Pronounce: heh-ow-too'
Origin: from a reflexive pronoun otherwise obsolete and the genitive case (dative case or accusative case) of 846
: for
hoti (Greek #3754)
demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because
KJV usage: as concerning that, as though, because (that), for (that), how (that), (in) that, though, why.
Pronounce: hot'-ee
Origin: neuter of 3748 as conjunction
g charity
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
agape (Greek #26)
love, i.e. affection or benevolence; specially (plural) a love-feast
KJV usage: (feast of) charity(-ably), dear, love.
Pronounce: ag-ah'-pay
Origin: from 25
γshall cover
kalupto (Greek #2572)
to cover up (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: cover, hide.
Pronounce: kal-oop'-to
Origin: akin to 2813 and 2928
the multitude
plethos (Greek #4128)
a fulness, i.e. a large number, throng, populace
KJV usage: bundle, company, multitude.
Pronounce: play'-thos
Origin: from 4130
of sins
hamartia (Greek #266)
a sin (properly abstract)
KJV usage: offence, sin(-ful).
Pronounce: ham-ar-tee'-ah
Origin: from 264
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g
1 Cor. 13:7• 7beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. (1 Cor. 13:7)
γ
or, will.

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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Col. 3:14• 14and in addition to all these, love, which is [the] bond of perfectness. (Col. 3:14)
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James 5:12• 12But before all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your yea be yea, and nay nay, lest ye fall under judgment. (James 5:12)
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3 John 2• 2Beloved, I desire that in all things thou shouldest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. (3 John 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," Pr 10:12.
1 Peter 1:22• 22purified your souls as ye have in your obedience to the truth unto brotherly affection unfeigned, love one another out of a pure heart fervently, (1 Peter 1:22)
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1 Cor. 13:1‑13• 1If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, yet have not love, I am become sounding brass and a clanging cymbal.
 2And if I have prophecy, and know all the mysteries and all the knowledge, and if I have all the faith so as to remove mountains, yet have not love, I am nothing.
 3And if I should dole out in food all my substance, and if I should deliver my body that I might be burned, and have not love, I am nothing profited.
 4Love is long-suffering, is kind; love is not emulous, is not vain-glorious, is not puffed up,
 5doth not behave unseemly, seeketh not its own things, is not easily provoked, reckoneth not the evil,
 6rejoiceth not over iniquity, but rejoiceth with the truth,
 7beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
 8Love never faileth, but whether prophecies, they shall be done away; whether tongues, they shall cease; whether knowledge, it shall be done away.
 9For in part we know, and in part we prophesy;
 10but when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away.
 11When I was a child, I talked as a child, I thought as a child, I reckoned as a child; when I am become a man, I have done with the things of a child.
 12For we see now through a mirror in a dark form, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall fully know, even as I also was fully known.
 13But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; but [the] greater of these [is] love. (1 Cor. 13:1‑13)
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1 Cor. 14:1• 1Pursue love, but earnestly desire the spiritual things, yet rather that ye may prophesy. (1 Cor. 14:1)
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1 Thess. 3:12• 12and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another and toward all, even as we also toward you; (1 Thess. 3:12)
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1 Thess. 4:9‑10• 9Now concerning brotherly love, ye have no need that we write to you; for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another;
 10for, indeed, ye do it toward all the brethren that are in the whole of Macedonia. But we exhort you, brethren, that ye abound still more, (1 Thess. 4:9‑10)
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2 Thess. 1:3• 3We are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, even as it is meet, because your faith increaseth exceedingly, and the love of each of you all toward one another aboundeth; (2 Thess. 1:3)
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1 Tim. 1:5• 5Now the end of the charge is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and faith unfeigned; (1 Tim. 1:5)
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Heb. 13:1• 1Let brotherly love abide. (Heb. 13:1)
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2 Peter 1:6‑7• 6and in knowledge temperance, and in temperance endurance, and in endurance godliness,
 7and in godliness brotherly affection, and in brotherly affection love: (2 Peter 1:6‑7)
for.
Prov. 10:12•  (Prov. 10:12)
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Prov. 12:16•  (Prov. 12:16)
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Prov. 17:9•  (Prov. 17:9)
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Prov. 18:13•  (Prov. 18:13)
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1 Cor. 13:7• 7beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. (1 Cor. 13:7)
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James 5:20• 20let him know that he that turneth back a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins. (James 5:20)
shall.
or, will.
• "But before all things" (for it ought in practice to take precedence of all) (“1 Peter 4:7-11” by W. Kelly)
• As hatred makes the worst of everything, love is entitled to bury things out of sight; and God endorses it as answering to His own nature. Needless to say that holy discipline retains its needed but sorrowful action. (“1 Peter 4:7-11” by W. Kelly)
• The first thing that he enforces on them is fervent charity; not merely long-suffering, which would prevent any outbreak of the anger of the flesh, but an energy of love, which by stamping its character on all the ways of Christians towards each other, would practically set aside the action of the flesh and make manifest the divine presence and action. (“1 Peter 4” by J.N. Darby)
• Even if there are misdeeds-sins-love occupies itself about them, the offender is brought back, is restored, by the charity of the assembly; the sins are removed from the eye of God, they are covered. (“1 Peter 4” by J.N. Darby)
• When a Christian busies himself in advertising the sins of some other Christian, he thereby advertises his own carnal condition. (“1 Peter 4” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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but before all things having fervent love among yourselves, because love covers a multitude of sins;

W. Kelly Translation

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and before all things having your love toward each other fervent, for love coveretha a multitude of sins;

WK Translation Notes

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"Covereth" is right, not "shall cover."