Augustine of Hippo, on 1John 4:8

“He that loveth not, knoweth not God: for God is charity.”

“If God is love, it follows that the more companions and partners in the faith whom we see being born, in addition to ourselves, the more effusive will be the love in which we rejoice, since it is the possession of this love which is being set before us.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.