" Love comes from God; and all who love are begotten of God 

 and are learning to know him. Those who do not love have not 

 learnt to know God; for God is love. No human eyes have ever 

 seen God; yet if we love one another, God is living in union with 

 us, and his love attains its perfection in us. We may know that 

 we are living in union with him, and he with us, by this by his 

 having given us some measure of his spirit " (of love) . " If a man 

 says that he loves God, and yet hates his brother, he is a liar; for 

 if a man does not love his brother whom he has seen, he cannot 

 possibly love God whom he has not seen. If any one has worldly 

 possessions, and yet looks on while his brother is in want, and steels 

 his heart against him, how can it be true of him that he has the 

 love of God within him? My children, do not let our love be 

 mere words, or end in talk; let it be real and true." 



He who best knew the mind of the Master, John, the 

 beloved disciple: Twentieth Century New Testament. 



