Upon Our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount Discourse IV · §37 · John Wesley

Love is all in all

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A second objection, closely related to this, is that love is all in all, that it is the fulfilling of the law (Romans 13:10), the end of the commandment (1 Timothy 1:5), of every commandment of God, that all we do and all we suffer, if we do not have love, profits us nothing, and that therefore the apostle directs us to follow after love, and calls this the more excellent way.

1771 text

2. A second objection, nearly related to this, is, that love is all in all: that it is the fulfilling of the law, the end of the commandment, of every commandment of God: that all we do and all we suffer, if we have not charity, or love, profiteth us nothing: And therefore the apostle directs us, to follow after charity, and terms this, the more excellent way.

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The fourth sermon on the Sermon on the Mount, on Matthew 5:13-16: Christians as salt and light, and why Christianity is a social religion that cannot be hidden.

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Wesley's own sermon in updated English wording. The 1771 panel is the text of the Works Wesley himself had printed in 1771. It is public domain.

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Sermon 24 in the 1771 Works. Matthew 5:13-16.

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