These shared effects of divine and human love on acquired tolerance do nothing to diminish their substantial differences. A just act of patient endurance that has been transformed by love but not offered for God5s sake is formally distinct from that same act offered in charity. The love expressed by the act might be required given the norms of the temporal relationship it assumes, but it does not fall under divine command and it does not presuppose the covenant of grace that authorizes and specifies the love that God requires. The best evidence of this difference comes in the reach that Christians confess charity actually has. Our natural, human love has limits with respect to persons. It extends to some, but not all. Our list of civic friends and dearly beloveds will always come to an end, and our tolerance, will always respect that limit. Of those we are obliged to tolerate, we will love only some, and only these will be tolerated for love5s sake. With these alone will we hope for reconciliation across the differences that now divide us.