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Augustine of Hippo, on 1John 4:19
Augustine of Hippo · A.D. 354–430
1John 4:19 · Douay-Rheims
“Let us therefore love God, because God first hath loved us.”
On this verse:
“By God's grace we love him who first loved us, in order to believe in him, and by loving him we perform good works, but we have not performed the good works in order to love him.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.