142 THE TREATISES OF CYPRIAN.
neithernow areye able. For ye are stillcarnal: for where
thereare in you emulation,and strife,and dissensions,areye
not carnal,and walk afterman ?"1 Likewise in the same
place: " And ifI shouldhave allfaith,so thatI can remove
mountains,but have not charity,I am nothing. And if I
should distributeallmy goods for food, and if I should
deliverup my body to be burned, but have not charity,I
avail nothing. Charity is great-souled; charity is kind;
charity envieth not; charity dealeth not falsely;is not
puffedup ; is not irritated; thinkethnot evil; rejoicethnot
in injustice,but rejoicethin the truth. It lovethallthings,
believethallthings,hopeth allthings,beareth allthings.
Charityshallnever fail."2Of thissame thingto the Gala-
tians: " Thou shaltlove thy neighbour as thyself. But if
ye biteand accuseone another,seethat ye be not consumed
one of another."8 Of thissame thingintheEpistleof John :
" In thisappear the childrenof God and the childrenof the
devil. Whosoever isnotrighteousisnot of God, and he who
lovethnot hisbrother. For he who hateth his brother is a
murderer ; and ye know that no murderer hath eternallife
abiding in him."4 Also in the same place: "If any one
shallsay that he lovesGod, and hates his brother,he is a
liar: for he who lovethnot his brotherwhom he seeth,how
can he loveGod whom he seethnot?"5 Of thissame thing
in the Acts of the Apostles: " But the multitudeof them
thathad believedactedwithone souland mind :nor was there
among them any distinction,neitherdid they esteem as their
own anything of thepossessionsthattheyhad ; but allthings
were common to them."6 Of thissame thingin the Gospel
accordingtoMatthew : " li thouwouldestofferthygiftat the
altar,and thererememberestthatthybrotherhathoughtagainst
thee; leave thou thy giftbeforethe altar,and go ; firstbe
reconciledto thy brother,and then come and offerthy giftat
the altar."7Also in theEpistleof John : " God islove; and
he thatdwellethin lovedwellethin God, and God in him."8
1 1 Cor.iii.1-3.
4 1 Johniii.10,15.
'Matt.v.23,24.
2 1 Cor.xiii.2-8.
5 1 Johniv.20.
8 1 Johniv.16.
8Gal.v.14,15.
6Actsiv.32.