"He [the Apostle John] takes as granted a general principle or truth, that God is love, that is, that his nature is to love men. The meaning of the Apostle is simply this, - that as God is the fountain of love, this effect flows from him, and is diffused wherever the knowledge of him comes."
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Calvin on 1 John 4:8 - "God Is Love"
From his Commentaries on the First Epistle of John:
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