Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book IV And if "God be love," piety also is love: "there is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear."[144] Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book V It is not, then, without reason that we commanded boys to kiss their relations, holding them by the ears; indicating this, that the feeling of love is engendered by hearing. And "God," who is known to those who love, "is love,"[30] Fragments of Clement from the Latin Translation of Cassiodorus But John himself also in this same Epistle says, "God is love: "[76] Cyprian Treatise I On the Unity of the Church The word of the blessed Apostle John is: "God," saith he, "is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God dwelleth in him."[43] Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews Also in the Epistle of John: "God is love l and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him."[385]