1 John 4:18

In love there is no fear; but perfect love casteth out fear; because fear existeth in peril, and he that feareth is not perfected in love.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

17And hereby is his love perfected with us; that we may have open countenances in the day of judgment; because as he was, so also are we in this world.

19Let us, therefore, love God; because he hath first loved us.

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Cross References

Luke 1:74to be redeemed from the hand of our enemies; and that we should worship before him, without fear,

2 Timothy 1:7For God hath not given us a spirit of fear, but of energy, and of love, and of instruction.

James 2:19Thou believest that there is one God; thou dost well; the demons also believe, 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 →

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