1 John 4:18
There is no fear in love: true love has no room for fear, because where fear is, there is pain; and he who is not free from fear is not complete in love.
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19We have the power of loving, because he first had love for us.
Cross References
Job 15:21A sound of fear is in his ears; in time of peace destruction will come on him:
Psalms 88:15\88:14\Lord, why have you sent away my soul? why is your face covered from me?
Luke 1:74That we, being made free from the fear of those who are against us, might give him worship,
2 Timothy 1:7For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of self-control.
James 2:19You have the belief that God is one, and you do well: the evil spirits have the same belief, shaking with fear.
Matthew Henry on 1 John 4:18-21
The Divine Love. ( a. d. 80.) 17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. 19 We love him, because he first loved us. 20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? 21 And this… Read the whole commentary →