We, though, are going to love—love and be loved. First we were loved, now we love. He loved us first.
If anyone boasts, "I love God," and goes right on hating his brother or sister, thinking nothing of it, he is a liar. If he won't love the person he can see, how can he love the God he can't see? The command we have from Christ is blunt: Loving God includes loving people. You've got to love both. (1 John 4:17-21, from the Message)
I'd add my own thoughts and words here, but too often we think scripture needs our additions, when all it really needs is our attention. It always speaks for itself.
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