And it made me think of where we are as a church. Verse 8 says that our love needs to be the kind that covers each others sins. In other words the focus is on the effect of love that enables fellowship in spite of sins. Maybe about the time and effort it takes to fix a meal or straighten the house. But don't you think he means grumbling about people.
Love covers over sins.
Let hospitality be without grumbling. The Lord is ministering to us here. He's choosing the texts as we move through 1 Peter. Some feel that there are past sins in the way Dean and Leah were disciplined. Others feel there are past sins in the way the elders were treated.