None of these things is hid from you, if ye perfectly possess that faith and love towards Christ Jesus '° which' are the beginning and the end of life. For the beginning is faith, and the end is love." Now these two, being in- separably connected together,'- are of God, while all other things which are requisite for a holy life follow after them. No man [truly] making a pro- fession of fiiith sinneth ; '3 nor does he that possesses love hate any one. The tree is made manifest by its fruit ; '5 so those that profess themselves to be Christians shall be recognised by their conduct. For there is not now a de- mand for mere profession,''^ but that a man be found continuing in the power of faith to the end.