James 5:19-20--My brothers, if anyone among you errs from the truth (ale-THEIas) and someone turns him back,
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let him know that the one having turned-back a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death, and will cover (kalYPsei) a multitude of sins. (DLNT)
Alt.:--cover a multitude of sins [that is, obtain the pardon of the many sins committed by the one who has been restored]. (AMP)
Alt.:--whoever turns a sinner from his wandering path will save him from death and cover many sins. (CJB)
Alt.:--he has rescued a soul from death, and his loving action will "cover a multitude of sins". (Phillips)
Alt.:--don’t write them off. Go after them. Get them back and you will have rescued precious lives from destruction and prevented an epidemic of wandering away from God. (Mes)
Alt.:-- you will rescue him from the grips of death and cover the pain and consequences of untold sins. (Voice)
Alt.:--shall hide a multitude of sins. (KJV)
Alt.:--and throw a veil over a multitude of sins. (Wey)
1 Peter 4:7-10--But the end of all things (PANto-n) is drawn nigh: be sober (so-phroNE-sate) therefore, and be watchful (NE-psate) unto prayers;
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but before all things (PANto-n) having fervent love (aGApe-n ektenE-) among yourselves, because love covers (aGApe- kalYPtei) a multitude of sins;
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hospitable (phiLOxenoi) one to another, without murmuring (goggysMOU);
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each according as he has received a gift, ministering it to one another, as good stewards of [the] various grace of God. (Darby)
Alt.:--Above all, have fervent and unfailing love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins [it overlooks unkindness and unselfishly seeks the best for others]. (AMP)
Alt.:--keep loving each other actively (CJB)
Alt.:--have a true love for each other. (NLV)
Alt.:--love wipes away many sins. (CEV)
Alt.:--have a constant mutual charity among yourselves (DR)
Alt.:--love makes you willing to forgive many sins. (ERV)
Alt.:--keep loving one another earnestly (ESV)
Alt.:--love each other warmly (GWT)
Alt.:--show sincere love to each other, because love brings about the forgiveness of many sins. (CEB)
Alt.:--love each other deeply. Love has a way of not looking at others' sins. (ICB)
Alt.:--love each other as if your life depended on it. Love makes up for practically anything. (Mes)
Alt.:--love each other steadily and unselfishly, because love makes up for many faults. (Voice)