Charles Spurgeon Commentary 1 Peter 4:8

"above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:" — 1 Peter 4:8 (ASV)

for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

Not your own sins, but the sins of your friends, so that you will not see them. Where love is thin, there faults are always thick.

Wherever there is true love in the heart, we make many apologies and allowances for the weaknesses and infirmities of our friends.

Often, we cannot see the faults in them; and when we know they are there, we go backward, like the godly sons of Noah, and cover the nakedness that we would not think of looking upon, for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.