In the service of God everything depends upon integrity, perfection, the readiness to serve without any reserve. This is the love that Jesus demands, and which is also the love that is the content and summary of the law.
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For the love Jesus demands is love of one's neighbor, that is to say, not some general love of mankind, but a love that does not pick and choose, that is unreservedly and principally committed to God's will and guidance with respect to its object. For the neighbor is anyone whom God places in our way...
pages 316-317
Coming of the Kingdom
by Herman N. Ridderbos
(librarything entry; my scan results)
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