The false love of the world has to do with friendliness to be like by the one they manipulate with kindness and flattery.
The real love of God points people to their flaws, their needs and encourages them to seek Christ.
The love of the world leaves people comfortable in their sin and infancy, while the love of God spurs others to greater holiness and life of wonder and awe of Christ.
Those who love the world hate those who love Christ. They manipulate, demean, mock, intimidate and exclude those who will bring the real love of Christ.
1 Corinthians 4:6
"Brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written. Then you will not take pride in one man over another."
When we stay within the principles of God in His Word for instruction then we are loving the hearer.
Proverbs 27:5
"Better is open rebuke than hidden love."
2 Timothy 4:2
"Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching."
Flatter is of no value, it brings nothing but further error as the person hearing it is solidified in their own pride from the hearing of it.
Proverbs 29:5 ""A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet". Spreads a net for his feet - Beware of a flatterer; he does not flatter merely to please you, but to deceive you and profit himself."
Those who flatter us do it to gain advantage over us. They love to remove our defenses more willing to fall into their ways if we are too flattered to see the errors.
Complimenting someone in genuineness is different from flattery. Flattery serves to disarm us from our senses to take over our soul.
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