1 Peter 4:8

πρὸπάντων, St. Peter emphasises the pre-eminent importance of love of man as much as St. cf. John 1:22. ἑαυτούς put for ἀλλήλους in accordance with the saying thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself as much as with the contemporary practice. ὅτι … ἁμαρτιῶν, quotation of Proverbs 10:12, love hides all transgressions which was adduced by Jesus (Luke 7:47). The plain sense of the aphorism has been evaded by the LXX (πάντας τοὺς μὴ φιλονεικοῦντας καλύπτει φιλία) and Syriac translators substitutes shame for love. The currency of the true version is attested by James 5:20, he that converted a sinner … καλύψει πλῆθος ἁμαρτιῶν.