Léctio Epístolæ primæ beáti loannis apóstoli (4,7-10)
Caríssimi, diligámus ínvicem, quóniam cáritas ex Deo est; et omnis, qui díligit, ex Deo natus est et cognóscit Deum. Qui non díligit, non cognóvit Deum, quóniam Deus cáritas est. In hoc appáruit cáritas Dei in nobis, quóniam Fílium suum unigénitum misit Deus in mundum, ut vivámus per eum. In hoc est cáritas, non quasi nos dilexérimus Deum, sed quóniam ipse diléxit nos et misit Fílium suum propitiatiónem pro peccátis nostris.
My dearest, let us love one another: because charity is of God. And every one that loveth, is born of God, & knoweth God. He that loveth not, knoweth not God: because God is charity. In this hath the charity of God appeared in us, because God hath sent his only-begotten Son into the world, that we may live by him. In this is charity: not as though we have loved him, but because he hath loved us, and sent his Son a propitiation for our sins.
