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1 Peter 4:8-9
Mutual love primarily concerns believers’ relationships with each other.
Above all refers to the supreme importance of that virtue in the Christian life.
(1 Cor.
13:13; Phil.
2:2; Col. 3:14)
Fervent (ektenēs) denotes stretching or straining and pictures a person exerting maximum effort.
Ancient Greek literature used the word to describe a horse running at full speed.
Earlier in this letter (1:22), Peter used its related adverb to describe the intensity and exertion that ought to characterize Christian love.
Such love is sacrificial, not sentimental, and requires a stretching of believers’ every spiritual muscle to love in spite of insult, injury, and misunderstanding from others
(Matt.
5:44; Mark 12:33; 1 John 4:11; Gal.
6:10; Eph.
5:2).
It is self-evident that genuine love inherently tends to forgive the offenses of others (Prov.
10:12).
But commentators differ on how to interpret the expression love covers a multitude of sins.
Some say it refers to God’s love covering sins, whereas others say it describes believers who are lovingly overlooking each other’s transgressions.
Since the text offers no explanation, it seems best to understand, Whether from God or man, love covers sin.
Love derives from the well-known Greek word agapē which carries a strong volitional significance.
(1 Peter 1:8, 1 Peter 1:22; 2:17; 3:10)
EXAMPLE: Salvation results from the Lord’s choosing to love all those who believe.
(Rom.
5:8; John 3:16; 1 John 4:19).
As Christians we must follow His example, choosing to love even the unlovely.
(Matt 22:37-39) (John 13:34–35).
The command to be hospitable (literally, “to love strangers”) takes that love beyond the circle of Christians.
(Heb.
13:2)
According to the Mosaic law, the Jews were to extend hospitality to strangers (Ex.
22:21; Deut.
14:29)
Jesus commended believers who provided food, clothing, and shelter to others.
(Matt.
25:35–40; Luke 14:12–14).
However, the spirit of hospitality extends beyond the tangible acts of providing meals or a place to stay.
It includes not just the act, but an unselfish attitude, so that what is done, no matter the sacrifice, is done without complaint.
Biblical hospitality knows nothing of the “Poor Richard’s Almanac” mentality that says fish and guests smell after three days.
The only thing that will preserve the church’s unity is love that forgives and reaches out in kindness.
Love also plays a foundational role in the evangelization of the unsaved.
Jesus told the apostles (John 13:35).
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