Proverbs: Christ never said to hate anyone

Christ said to "hate the sin but love the sinner," yet many believers do fear or hate those persons they do not understand. Unconditional love, in fact, imparts love unconditionally; it is not married to the requirement that a person -- whether spouse, child, sibling, gay, or enemy, we are all sinners -- change before being loved. While we were still sinners, God loved us and Christ died for us. Our call is to do no less than the same for others.