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49:1 Let him that hath the love which is in Christ keep the commandments of
Christ.
49:2 Who can describe sufficiently the bond of the love of God?
49:3 Who is sufficient to speak as he ought of the excellence of its beauty?
49:4 The height to which love leads up is unspeakable.
49:5 Love joineth us unto God; love hideth a multitude of sins; love beareth
all things; is long suffering in all things. In love there is nothing illiberal,
nothing haughty.
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Love hath no schism; love maketh not sedition; love doth all
things in harmony; in love all the elect of God have been made perfect. Without
love nothing is acceptable unto God.
49:6 In love, our Master hath taken us to himself.
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Through the love that he
hath for us, Jesus Christ our Lord hath given his blood for us, by the will of
God, his flesh for our flesh, his soul for our soul.