And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Et nous, nous avons connu l'amour que Dieu a pour nous, et nous y avons cru. Dieu est amour; et celui qui demeure dans l'amour demeure en Dieu, et Dieu demeure en lui.
KJV
And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
Epiphanius
Panarion (Adversus Haereses)
ἔθην, οἱ λεγόμενοι ἀκροβυστία ὕπὸ τῆς λεγομένης περιτομῆς ἐν σαρκὶ 1 Röm. 10,4 – 11 Röm. 13, 8b – 6 I Joh. 4, 8 – 28 Eph. 2, 11 – 14 V M 1f vgl. S. 118, 17f 11f vgl. S. 118, 19 28 – S. 179, 6 vgl. S. 119, 4–10 4 τελειουμίνη Μ 8 ἀποβα|||λόμενος, λ ausradiert V corr 23 [δὲ] * 24 ἐ|…
Ratramnus
Against the Objections of the Greeks Book One
Son cannot have a father. The Holy Spirit is also called love, as the blessed John says: God is love 1 John 4:16. Commending this love, he writes to the faithful: And the anointing you received from Him remains in you; and you do not need anyone to teach you; but as His anointing…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
dently false. Therefore mutual indwelling is not an effect of love. On the contrary, It is written ( 1 Jn. 4:16 ): "He that abideth in charity abideth in God, and God in him." Now charity is the love of God. Therefore, for the same reason, every love makes the beloved to be in th…
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