The Given Spirit

In hoc cognoscimus quoniam in eo manemus, et ipse in nobis: quoniam de Spiritu suo dedit nobis. Hoc ipsum, quia de Spiritu suo dedit tibi, unde cognoscis? Interroga viscera tu. Si plena sunt chartitate, habes Spiritum Dei, Paulo attestante qui ait: Quia charitas Dei diffusa est in cordibus nostris per Spritium sanctum qui datus est nobis. Sanctus Beda, In I Epistolam Sancti Joannis, Caput IV Source: Migne PL 93.110b

In this we know that we remain in Him, and that He is in us, because He has given of His Spirit to us. 1 How do we know this, that He has given of His Spirit to us? Question your heart. If it is full of love, you have the Spirit of God. Paul also gives witness to this, saying, 'Because the love of God has been diffused in our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.' 2 Saint Bede, Commentary on the First Letter of Saint John, Chapter 4 1 1 Jn 4.13 2 Rom 5.5