1 John 4:18
Fear is not in love. Instead, perfect love casts out fear, for fear pertains to punishment. And whoever fears is not perfected in love.
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In Context
19Therefore, let us love God, for God first loved us.
Cross References
Job 15:21The sound of terror is always in his ears; and when there is peace, he always suspects treason.
Psalms 88:15Justice and judgment are the preparation of your throne. Mercy and truth will precede your face.
Luke 1:74so that, having been freed from the hand of our enemies, we may serve him without fear,
2 Timothy 1:7For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of virtue, and of love, and of self-restraint.
James 2:19You believe that there is one God. You do well. But the demons also believe, and they tremble greatly.
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 →