And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that
the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
Christian love is born not simply of love itself as expanded, sensitized, or even cauterized by suffering, but out of
the love wherewith we are beloved, wherewith we are made «acceptable in the Beloved.»
They will know that whatever may be the real and ultimate truth of God's being and purpose (and it must be, in the nature of the case, far beyond our knowing), we never approach so near to that truth as when we say with Paul, «God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us,» or with the author of the Fourth Gospel, «God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son,» or with still another of those upon whom the light first shone,» Because of the great
love wherewith he hath loved us, God hath made us, who were dead in sins, to live again with Christ.»
Not exact matches
Hence it is said (Ephesians 2:4): «God, who is rich in mercy, for His exceeding charity
wherewith He
loved us, even when we were dead insins, hath quickened us together in Christ.»