1 Peter 4:8
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8 And above all things have fervent love for one another, for (A)“love will cover a multitude of sins.”
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Proverbs 10:12
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12 Hatred stirs up strife,
But (A)love covers all sins.
Colossians 3:14
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14 (A)But above all these things (B)put on love, which is the (C)bond of perfection.
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Proverbs 17:9
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1 Peter 1:22
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The Enduring Word
22 Since you (A)have purified your souls in obeying the truth [a]through the Spirit in [b]sincere (B)love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart,
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- 1 Peter 1:22 NU omits through the Spirit
- 1 Peter 1:22 Lit. unhypocritical
James 5:20
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20 let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way (A)will save [a]a soul from death and (B)cover a multitude of sins.
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- James 5:20 NU his soul
1 Thessalonians 3:12
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12 And may the Lord make you increase and (A)abound in love to one another and to all, just as we do to you,
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1 Corinthians 13
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The Greatest Gift
13 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of (A)prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, (B)so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 And (C)though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body [a]to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.
4 (D)Love suffers long and is (E)kind; love (F)does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not [b]puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, (G)does not seek its own, is not provoked, [c]thinks no evil; 6 (H)does not rejoice in iniquity, but (I)rejoices in the truth; 7 (J)bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8 Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. 9 (K)For we know in part and we prophesy in part. 10 But when that which is [d]perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.
11 When I was a child, I spoke 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 (L)now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then (M)face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.
13 And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
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- 1 Corinthians 13:3 NU so I may boast
- 1 Corinthians 13:4 arrogant
- 1 Corinthians 13:5 keeps no accounts of evil
- 1 Corinthians 13:10 complete
1 Thessalonians 4:9-10
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A Brotherly and Orderly Life
9 But concerning brotherly love you have no need that I should write to you, for (A)you yourselves are taught by God (B)to love one another; 10 and indeed you do so toward all the brethren who are in all Macedonia. But we urge you, brethren, (C)that you increase more and more;
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1 Timothy 1:5
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5 Now (A)the purpose of the commandment is love (B)from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from [a]sincere faith,
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- 1 Timothy 1:5 Lit. unhypocritical
2 Thessalonians 1:3
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God’s Final Judgment and Glory
3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all abounds toward each other,
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2 Peter 1:6-7
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6 to knowledge self-control, to self-control [a]perseverance, to perseverance godliness, 7 to godliness brotherly kindness, and (A)to brotherly kindness love.
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- 2 Peter 1:6 patience
Hebrews 13:1
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Proverbs 12:16
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16 (A)A fool’s wrath is known at once,
But a prudent man covers shame.
Proverbs 18:13
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13 He who answers a matter before he hears it,
It is folly and shame to him.
3 John 2
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2 Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.
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James 5:12
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12 But above all, my brethren, (A)do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath. But let your “Yes” be “Yes,” and your “No,” “No,” lest you fall into [a]judgment.
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- James 5:12 M hypocrisy
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