If all people were angelic

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(J.R. Miller)

"A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another." John 13:34

"As I have loved you" means love which is sweet, fragrant, and gentle--to people who are rude and mean-spirited, selfish, and full of faults, with sharp corners and only partially sanctified lives.

If all people were angelic, and you were too--it would not be hard to love everyone; but as other people are not yet angelic, you will still have need of patience, even if you are angelic yourself, which is quite doubtful.

“Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil” 13:4-5
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