This charity had St Stephen perfectly when he prayed for them that stoned him to death. This charity counselled Christ to those that would be His perfect followers when He said thus: Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you, pray for them that persecute you. And, therefore, if thou wilt be one of Christ’s followers, be like Him in this craft. Learn to love thine enemies and sinful men, for all these are thy neighbours. (John Climacus)

All these are our neighbors.

We are to love them. We are to honor, respect, and engage them.

We are to love them as we love ourselves, which is often to recognize good intent even in the midst of serious error.

We are to love our neighbors as Jesus loved us, with patience, generosity, and even self sacrifice.

This is how we are to love our enemies and sinful men.