Romans 15:1-2: "We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up."
There're no two ways about this one: God demands that we, as Christians, love on another. This love, though, is a focused one. It is not based in the slightest upon whim or even likability. No. The love that God commands of Christians is one purposed eternally, that is, it has an eternal focus at all times. To say that we love unto eternity means that our love is always focused on building others up into Christ as they are intent on the same thing in us.
Putting others first, bearing with their flaws in patience, seeking out their good before our own, this is what loving like Christ entails. It is no small feat, that is for certain. Which is why, I suppose, the Bible comments that all things are possible with God through faith in Him...
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