1Peter:4:8
rwp@1Peter:4:8 @{Above all things} (\pro pantn\). See this phrase in strkjv@James:5:12|. {Being fervent} (\ekten echontes\). Present active participle of \echontes\ and predicate accusative of adjective \ektens\ (from \ektein\, to stretch out), stretched out, here only in N.T., "holding intent you love among yourselves." {For love covereth a multitude of sins} (\hoti agap kaluptei plthos hamartin\). See strkjv@James:5:20| for meaning, sins of the one loved, not of the one loving.