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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
God is light, and His saints, according to the saying of the Gospel (Matt. 5:14), are the light of the world and are free from the fear of torment, because they are filled with love for God. I desire, says the apostle, that you be perfected in love so that on the day of judgment we may have boldness before God, because He Himself is the Judge, according to His own saying: "The Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son" (John 5:22). …
Oecumenius
In this, love is made perfect with us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment, because as he is, so are we in this world. But having mentioned love, John also refers to all that he has said about love, attributing great faith to the discourse on love. …
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
He tells how each may prove himself, what progress charity has made in him or rather what progress he has made in charity. For if charity is God, God is capable neither of proficiency nor of deficiency: that charity is said to be making proficiency in thee, means only that thou makest proficiency in it. Ask therefore what proficiency thou hast made in charity, and what thine heart will answer thee, that thou mayest know the measure of thy profiting. …
Bede
Because as He is, so are we in this world. Can a man indeed be as God? But it should be remembered what was said above, that "as" does not always refer to equality, but it refers to a certain similarity. For when you say, "As I have ears, so too does the image," is it entirely so? Yet still you say "as." So if we are made in the image of God, why are we not as God? Not in equality, but in our own measure. …
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