Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9 For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 10 Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. (Romans 13)
The paragraph before this was on the Law of the Avenger - that we need to entrust justice and any "revenge" to proper authorities - not take it into our own hands. Rather than revenge, the only thing we owe to fellow believers is to love. When we truly love we will seek to do no harm, only what is best for them. Hard? Yes? But truly possible in the power of Christ Who works within us. So as you see fellow worshippers today, and some of them you'd rather avoid, ask God how to love them and seek their good. Don't run away from them, run to them.
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