“Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.” (1 Peter 4:8)

All you need is love!

The Beatles had a massive hit with their song, “All you need is love.” And they were right! If they were singing about God’s type of love as defined in 1 Corinthians chapter 13, of the Bible, but I suspect they were not.

Here’s what it says:

“Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.” (1 Cor. 13:4-8 ESV)

The verse at the top proclaims that love covers a multitude of sins. This is exactly what happened when Jesus laid down His life for us on the cross. From there, he cried, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do!” (Luke 23:24). It was his love for us that caused him to say that!

Therefore

“Let all that you do be done in love.” (1 Cor. 16:14 ESV)