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1 Peter 4:8
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1 Peter 4:8
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8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
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1 Peter 4:8
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1 Peter 4:8
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Proverbs 10:12
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Proverbs 10:12
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12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
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Proverbs 10:12
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Proverbs 10:12
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12 Hatred stirs up conflict,
but love covers over all wrongs.(A)
Colossians 3:14
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Colossians 3:14
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14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
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Colossians 3:14
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Colossians 3:14
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Proverbs 17:9
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Proverbs 17:9
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9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
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Proverbs 17:9
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Proverbs 17:9
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1 Peter 1:22
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1 Peter 1:22
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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:
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1 Peter 1:22
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1 Peter 1:22
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22 Now that you have purified(A) yourselves by obeying(B) the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply,(C) from the heart.[a]
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- 1 Peter 1:22 Some early manuscripts from a pure heart
James 5:20
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James 5:20
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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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James 5:20
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James 5:20
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20 remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of their way will save(A) them from death and cover over a multitude of sins.(B)
1 Thessalonians 3:12
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1 Thessalonians 3:12
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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:
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12 May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other(A) and for everyone else, just as ours does for you.
2 Thessalonians 1:3
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2 Thessalonians 1:3
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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;
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2 Thessalonians 1:3
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2 Thessalonians 1:3
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Thanksgiving and Prayer
3 We ought always to thank God for you,(A) brothers and sisters,[a] and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing.(B)
Footnotes
- 2 Thessalonians 1:3 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in 2:1, 13, 15; 3:1, 6, 13.
1 Corinthians 13:1-14
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1 Corinthians 13:1-14
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13 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.
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.
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.
4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
14 Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.
1 Corinthians 13:1-14
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1 Corinthians 13:1-14
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13 If I speak in the tongues[a](A) of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy(B) and can fathom all mysteries(C) and all knowledge,(D) and if I have a faith(E) that can move mountains,(F) but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor(G) and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,[b](H) but do not have love, I gain nothing.
4 Love is patient,(I) love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.(J) 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking,(K) it is not easily angered,(L) it keeps no record of wrongs.(M) 6 Love does not delight in evil(N) but rejoices with the truth.(O) 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.(P)
8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies,(Q) they will cease; where there are tongues,(R) they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part(S) and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes,(T) what is in part disappears. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood(U) behind me. 12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror;(V) then we shall see face to face.(W) Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.(X)
13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love.(Y) But the greatest of these is love.(Z)
Intelligibility in Worship
14 Follow the way of love(AA) and eagerly desire(AB) gifts of the Spirit,(AC) especially prophecy.(AD)
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 13:1 Or languages
- 1 Corinthians 13:3 Some manuscripts body to the flames
1 Thessalonians 4:9-10
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1 Thessalonians 4:9-10
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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.
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;
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1 Thessalonians 4:9-10
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9 Now about your love for one another(A) we do not need to write to you,(B) for you yourselves have been taught by God(C) to love each other.(D) 10 And in fact, you do love all of God’s family throughout Macedonia.(E) Yet we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more,(F)
1 Timothy 1:5
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1 Timothy 1:5
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5 Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
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1 Timothy 1:5
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1 Timothy 1:5
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5 The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart(A) and a good conscience(B) and a sincere faith.(C)
2 Peter 1:6-7
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2 Peter 1:6-7
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6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
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2 Peter 1:6-7
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6 and to knowledge, self-control;(A) and to self-control, perseverance;(B) and to perseverance, godliness;(C) 7 and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.(D)
Hebrews 13:1
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Hebrews 13:1
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Concluding Exhortations
13 Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters.(A)
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