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Our love grows soft if it is not strengthened by truth, and our truth grows hard if it is not softened by love.
Truth, Love0Therefore, the hope of justification must not be placed in them, but in faith alone: we account a man to be justified by faith, without the works of the law (Rom 3:28).Commentary on 1 Timothy
Commentary on 1 TimothyJustification0We must therefore distinguish three kinds of precept in the Old Law; viz. 'moral' precepts, which are dictated by the natural law; 'ceremonial' precepts, which are determinations of the Divine worship; and 'judicial' precepts, which are determinations of the justice to be maintained among men.
Threefold Division, The Law0While injustice is the worst of sins, despair is the most dangerous; because when you are in despair you care neither about yourself nor about others.
Injustice, Despair0Fear is such a powerful emotion for humans that when we allow it to take us over, it drives compassion right out of our hearts.
Fear, Compassion0The things that we love tell us what we are.
Truth, Love0Beware the man of a single book.
Truth, Learning0To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
Faith0Theology is taught by God, teaches of God, and leads to GodUnknown
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