Love "covers" the transgression
He who covers a transgression
seeks love, But he who repeats a matter separates friends.
- Proverbs 17:9
He that hides the
transgression of another, or of his friend, committed against
himself or against another, which he is privy to;
but the matter being made up, and the
offence forgiven, he forgets it, and no more speaks of it to his
friend, or upbraids him with it, nor spreads it among
others: such a man shows that he loves his friend, and is
desirous that love and friendship should be continued; and this
is the way to continue it.
- John Gill, John Gill's Expositor
Moreover if thy brother shall
trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee
and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy
brother. - Matthew 18:15
