ACC ~ 1 John 4 v17

HOW TO TEST THE PROGRESS OF LOVE. AUGUSTINE: This is how everyone ought to test the progress of love in himself, or rather his own progress in love, for if love is God there can be no progress or regress, and love is only said to make progress in you inasmuch as you make progress in love. TEN HOMILIES ON 1 JOHN 9.2.

LOVE PERFECTED IN US. HILARY OF ARLES: In this world we must do our best to be generous, godly, merciful and patient, imitating God as closely as we can. INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 JOHN.

AS HE IS. ANDREAS: Jesus said: “The ruler of this world is coming, and he shall find nothing in me.” We ought to be the same, so that nothing of this world may be found in us either. CATENA.

HAVING CONFIDENCE. BEDE: John tells us how we can know where we stand in God’s eyes. Everyone who has assurance on the day of judgment has perfect love in him. What does it mean to have assurance? It means that we are not afraid of the coming of judgment. When someone is newly converted, he starts by being afraid of the day of judgment, because he thinks that when the righteous Judge appears, he will be condemned as unrighteous. But as he grows in the faith and his life starts to change, he learns not to be afraid anymore but to look forward eagerly for the coming of the One who is the desire of the nations, hoping that on the strength of his good life he will be crowned among the saints. ON 1 JOHN.

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