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1 John 4:18

WEB

18There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.

KJV

18There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

BSB

18There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love.

FBV

18Where there is love there can be no fear. God loves us completely, and this love drives all our fears away. If we do fear, it's because we fear being punished, and this shows that we have not been fully remade by the completeness of God's love.

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Extra References

2 Timothy 1:7

7For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

Romans 8:15

15For you didn’t receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba![+] Father!”

1 John 4:12

12No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.

Luke 1:74-75

74to grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, should serve him without fear, 75in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life.

Hebrews 12:28

28Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can’t be shaken, let’s have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,

James 2:19

19You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe—and shudder.

Psalms 119:120

120My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments. AYIN

Psalms 73:19

19How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors.

Job 15:21

21A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer will come on him.

Psalms 88:15-16

15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted. 16Your fierce wrath has gone over me. Your terrors have cut me off.