Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers — First Series Vol. 07 — Section 1407
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers First Series Vol. 7
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5. Now see that to act against love is to act against God. Let no man say, "I sin against man when I do not love my brother, (mark it!) and sin against man is a thing to be taken easily; only let me not sin against God." How sinnest thou not against God, when thou sinnest against love? "Love is God." Do "we" say this? If we said, "Love is God," haply some one of you might be offended and say, What hath he said? What meant he to say, that "Love is God"? God "gave" love, as a gift God bestowed love. "Love is of God: Love IS God." Look, here have ye, brethren, the Scriptures of God: this …
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