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1Pe 4:8. Τὴν-ἀγάπην, love) Love is already presupposed to exist: the injunction is, that it be more vehement.-ὄτι ἀγάπη καλύπτει πλῆθος ἁμαρτιῶν, because love covers a multitude of sins) Pro 10:12, Septuagint, πάντας δὲ τοὺς μὴ φιλονεικοῦντας καλύψει φιλία, friendship shall cover all that are not contentious. Comp. Pro 17:9. He who greatly loves, covers the faults of him whom he loves, as many as they are: he turns away his own eyes from them, and, as far as is lawful, blinds others respecting them, and makes them the subject of prayer to God. And the Divine love attends such a love as this with aid and approbation, and rewards with a like return him also who loves: Mat 6:14. Love also is especially necessary on this account, because the Judge is at hand: Jam 5:9. And they are blessed whom the end of all things finds without sins, except such as are covered.