If I love my neighbor, what does that mean about getting even with someone who wrongs me?
Loving your neighbor means refusing to get even or avenge a wrong. Love works no ill to a neighbor, so if love is operating in you, you will not retaliate against someone who wrongs you. Instead, you leave the matter with God, trusting Him to take care of it.
Les teaches that when love is operating in the believer, you cannot do wrong to your neighbor and you will not avenge him; rather, you let God take care of it. He connects this to Ephesians 4:10, “love worketh no ill to his neighbor,” and says love is the fulfilling of the law. The epitome of that love was expressed at the cross, where Christ’s love for lost mankind put Him on the cross and caused God to pour out mercy. That same imparted love becomes the believer’s attitude toward others, even enemies.
Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.