5975. Then love was mentioned; but most of them did not know what love is. It was asked whether they knew and, as some who have acknowledged faith alone were willing indeed to hear - saying, [however] that they are not anxious about knowing, since faith alone saves - they were told, that it is often mentioned in the Word and by the Lord, that it is doing the commandments for He said, it is he who doeth My words that loveth Me; and, he who doth not do, loveth not;* it is also said by Paul, that, should there be the greatest faith and not love, it is still of nothing.** But they did not at all understand these things, because they were unwilling to understand. From this it was evident what is the quality of the Church at the present day. * John 14:23, 24. ** 1 Corinthians 13:2.