1 John 4:18
There is no feare in loue, but perfect loue casteth out feare: for feare hath painefulnesse: and he that feareth, is not perfect in loue.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
19We loue him, because he loued vs first.
Cross References
Job 15:21A sounde of feare is in his eares, and in his prosperitie the destroyer shall come vpon him.
Psalms 88:15I am afflicted and at the point of death: from my youth I suffer thy terrours, doubting of my life.
Luke 1:74Which was, that he would graunt vnto vs, that we being deliuered out of the handes of our enemies, should serue him without feare,
2 Timothy 1:7For God hath not giuen to vs the Spirite of feare, but of power, and of loue, and of a sound minde.
James 2:19Thou beleeuest that there is one God: thou doest well: the deuils also beleeue it, and tremble.
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 →