And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:
The perfection of Christian life lies in love and holiness of heart flowing from faith, first among the household of faith, then toward all mankind. God alone must perfect this love in us, for the law's end is love, yet it is a work of God, He prescribes what is above our strength so we learn to ask Him for power to accomplish it.
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Prayer offered to God as Father and to Christ as Lord proves that Christ is God as truly as the Father is God. We depend on divine Providence in every motion and action; even a journey depends not on our will alone but on God directing our way.
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Commenting on 1 Thessalonians 3:11-13
The Spirit, equally God with Father and Son, is fit object of prayer and makes the saints increase in number, gifts, and graces. Love must abound toward the household of faith and toward all men, even enemies of Christ, for we are to love them as men and do them good in our power.
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