Theophylact of Ohrid, on 1John 4:16

“And we have known, and have believed the charity, which God hath to us. God is charity: and he that abideth in charity, abideth in God, and God in him.”

“With these words the apostle also expresses another truth, that those who so confess and have the Spirit abiding in them, that is, God, themselves also abide in God. In what way? Through love for one another. And having recalled love, he repeats everything he has said about love, in order to more firmly establish the teaching about love.”

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