What does it mean to love someone?

In this reflection, love means wanting only what is good for the other person and being willing to give your life for it, regardless of how you feel or look. It does not pick and choose, just as the sun does not pick who to shine on. See more under loving others.

Yes. The speaker says love will stand against anything that harms or diverts someone's good, even when it is awkward or unpopular. But it is always patient, gentle, and kind, never pushy, preachy, or mean. A shorter take on the same idea is What is love.

Why does the speaker say this is not his own love?

He says his own love is weak and self-centered at best, and that this kind of love is the love of Christ, who commanded his followers to love one another as he loved them. For more on that love, see Why God loves you.

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