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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• 7bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures 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 to all these add 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 your nay, nay, that ye do not 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 prospers. (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• 22Having purified your souls by obedience to the truth to unfeigned brotherly love, 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, but have not love, I am become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.
 2And if I have 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.
 3And if I shall dole out all my goods in food, and if I deliver up my body that I may be burned, but have not love, I profit nothing.
 4Love has long patience, is kind; love is not emulous of others; love is not insolent and rash, is not puffed up,
 5does not behave in an unseemly manner, does not seek what is its own, is not quickly provoked, does not impute evil,
 6does not rejoice at iniquity but rejoices with the truth,
 7bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
 8Love never fails; but whether prophecies, they shall be done away; or tongues, they shall cease; or knowledge, it shall be done away.
 9For we know in part, and we prophesy in part:
 10but when that which is perfect has come, that which is in part shall be done away.
 11When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I felt as a child, I reasoned as a child; when I became a man, I had done with what belonged to the child.
 12For we see now through a dim window obscurely, but then face to face; now I know partially, but then I shall know according as I also have been known.
 13And now abide faith, hope, love; these three things; and the greater of these is love. (1 Cor. 13:1‑13)
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1 Cor. 14:1• 1Follow after love, and be emulous of spiritual manifestations, but rather that ye may prophesy. (1 Cor. 14:1)
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1 Thess. 3:12• 12But you, may the Lord make to exceed and abound in love toward one another, and toward all, even as we also towards you, (1 Thess. 3:12)
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1 Thess. 4:9‑10• 9Now concerning brotherly love ye have no need that we should write to you, for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
 10For also ye do this towards all the brethren in the whole of Macedonia; but we exhort you, brethren, to abound still more, (1 Thess. 4:9‑10)
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2 Thess. 1:3• 3We ought to thank God always for you, brethren, even as it is meet, because your faith increases exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all towards one another abounds; (2 Thess. 1:3)
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1 Tim. 1:5• 5But the end of what is enjoined is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and unfeigned faith; (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• 6in knowledge temperance, in temperance endurance, in endurance godliness,
 7in godliness brotherly love, in brotherly love love: (2 Peter 1:6‑7)
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Prov. 10:12• 12Hatred stirreth up strifes; but love covereth all transgressions. (Prov. 10:12)
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Prov. 12:16• 16The vexation of the fool is presently known; but a prudent man covereth shame. (Prov. 12:16)
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Prov. 17:9• 9He that covereth transgression seeketh love; but he that bringeth a matter up again separateth very friends. (Prov. 17:9)
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Prov. 18:13• 13He that giveth answer before he heareth, it is folly and shame unto him. (Prov. 18:13)
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1 Cor. 13:7• 7bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. (1 Cor. 13:7)
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James 5:20• 20let him know that he that brings 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."