About the testimony of love for one's neighbor
О свидетельстве любви к ближнему
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Love is the commandment of our Savior Himself, Christ God, Who said: “Children! I'm telling you now. I give you a new commandment, that you love one another; just as I have loved you, let you also love one another. By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another” (John 13:33-35). And the Lord also says: “This is My commandment, that you love one another” (John 15:12). Saint John the Theologian says: “If we love each other, then God abides in us, and His love is perfect in us. And we knew the love that God has for us and believed in it. God is Love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him... Let us love Him because He first loved us. He who says: “I love God,” but hates his brother, is a liar: for he who does not love his brother whom he sees, how can he love God whom he does not see? And we have this commandment from Him, that whoever loves God should also love his brother” (1 John 4:12-21).