And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love; and he that dwells in love dwells in God, and God in him.
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Clement Of Alexandria
AD 215
And if "God be love "piety also is love: "there is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear.".
It is not, then, without reason that we commanded boys to kiss their relations, holding them by the ears; indicating this, that the feeling of love is engendered by hearing. And "God "who is known to those who love, "is love"
