There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
1 John 4:18 in context
1 John 4:15–21
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Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.
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We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.
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In this, love has been made perfect among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is, even so we are in this world.
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There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.
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We love him, because he first loved us.
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If a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
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This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.
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