And above all things have fervent love for one another, for (A)“love will cover a multitude of sins.”

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(A)Love suffers long and is (B)kind; love (C)does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not [a]puffed up; does not behave rudely, (D)does not seek its own, is not provoked, [b]thinks no evil; (E)does not rejoice in iniquity, but (F)rejoices in the truth; (G)bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 13:4 arrogant
  2. 1 Corinthians 13:5 keeps no accounts of evil

(A)He who covers a transgression seeks love,
But (B)he who repeats a matter separates friends.

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18 (A)A wrathful man stirs up strife,
But he who is slow to anger allays contention.

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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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Footnotes

  1. James 5:20 NU his soul

Pride Promotes Strife

Where do [a]wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure (A)that war in your members?

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Footnotes

  1. James 4:1 battles

25 (A)He who is of a proud heart stirs up strife,
(B)But he who trusts in the Lord will be prospered.

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27 [a]An ungodly man digs up evil,
And it is on his lips like a burning (A)fire.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 16:27 Lit. A man of Belial

22 (A)An angry man stirs up strife,
And a furious man abounds in transgression.

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