1 Clem. 49

Let him that hath love in Christ fulfill the commandments of Christ.

1Clem 49.1

Who can declare the bond of the love of God?

1Clem 49.2

Who is sufficient to tell the majesty of its beauty?

1Clem 49.3

The height, where unto love exalteth, is unspeakable.

1Clem 49.4

Love joineth us unto God; love covereth a multitude of sins; love endureth all things, is long-suffering in all things. There is nothing coarse, nothing arrogant in love. Love hath no divisions, love maketh no seditions, love doeth all things in concord. In love were all the elect of God made perfect; without love nothing is well pleasing to God:

1Clem 49.5

in love the Master took us unto Himself; for the love which He had toward us, Jesus Christ our Lord hath given His blood for us by the will of God, and His flesh for our flesh and His life for our lives.

1Clem 49.6