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Bede, on 1John 4:10
Bede · A.D. 673–735
1John 4:10 · Douay-Rheims
“In this is charity: not as though we had loved God, but because he hath first loved us, and sent his Son to be a propitiation for our sins.”
On this verse:
“In this is love, etc. We did not love him first. For he loved us to the extent that we might love him. Grace indeed goes before man, that he may love God, by which love he works good things. Whence the Psalmist says: My God, his mercy shall anticipate me (Ps. LVIII).”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.