Daily Bread, reading 30 of 30
1 John 4:7-12
Dearly beloved, let us love one another, for charity is of God. And every one that loveth, is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not, knoweth not God: for God is charity. By this hath the charity of God appeared towards us, because God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we may live by him. 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. My dearest, if God hath so loved us; we also ought to love one another. No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abideth in us, and his charity is perfected in us.
1 John 4:7-12 Douay-Rheims
A thought
The letter says love comes from God and that no one has seen God. Love among people is described as the visible part. It is a short, repetitive passage, meant to sink in.
A question
Where did you see love in action this week?
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That is it for today.
Sources
Scripture
- 1 John 4:7-12 . Douay-Rheims text copied from drbo.org checked