1 Peter 4:8 (KJV)

Words Then and Now

charity love Still heard today: an uncharitable remark, one without love or kindness Webster’s 1828 · Charity

What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.

Thou and Ye

yourselves more than one

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Translation Notes

CharityThe church’s old word for the love that comes from God and goes out to God and to men.

Scofield Notes

sinsSin. (See Scofield "Rom 3:23").

Matthew Henry

And the approaching end of the Jewish state, as a reason for sobriety, watchfulness, and prayerThe destruction of the Jewish church and nation, foretold by our Saviour, was very near. And the speedy approach of death and judgment concerns all, to which...

Thompson Chains

CharitablenessSee the chain from Proverbs 17:9 · 2 links
Brotherly Love (1)Last of 6 links

Cross References

Proverbs 10:12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
Proverbs 17:9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
Colossians 3:14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
1 Peter 1:22 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:
James 5:20 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.
1 Thessalonians 3:12 And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:
1 Corinthians 13:1–14:1 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. …
1 Thessalonians 4:9–10 But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another. …
2 Thessalonians 1:3 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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Topics

Charitableness General scriptures concerning
Commandments Precepts of, explicitly stated or implied in didactic epistles
Kindness General scriptures concerning
Love Of man for man

Greek and Strong’s

And δὲ de δέ Conjunction
above Πρὸ Pro πρό Preposition
all things πάντων pantōn πᾶς Adjective · genitive neuter plural
have ἔχοντες echontes ἔχω Verb · present active participle, nominative masculine plural
fervent ἐκτενῆ ektenē ἐκτενής Adjective · accusative feminine singular
charity τὴν tēn Article · accusative feminine singular ἀγάπην agapēn ἀγάπη Noun · accusative feminine singular
among εἰς eis εἰς Preposition
yourselves ἑαυτοὺς heautous ἑαυτοῦ Pronoun · second person, accusative masculine plural
for ὅτι hoti ὅτι Conjunction
charity ἀγάπη agapē ἀγάπη Noun · nominative feminine singular
shall cover καλύψει kalypsei καλύπτω Verb · future active indicative, third person singular
the multitude πλῆθος plēthos πλῆθος Noun · accusative neuter singular
of sins ἁμαρτιῶν hamartiōn ἁμαρτία Noun · genitive feminine plural

Greek: KJTR, Alan Bunning, CNTR · CC BY 4.0