36 Faith receives; love gives. [No one will be able to] [62] [receive] without faith, and no one will be able to give without love. So we believe in order that we may receive, but we give in order that we may love, since anyone who doesn't give with love doesn't get anything out of it. Whoever hasn't received the Lord is still a Hebrew. (GPH)
Gospel of Philip 1:36
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