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1 John 4:18 — There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because…
“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.”
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The verses around 1 John 4:18.
16And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
17Herein 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.
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.
19We love him, because he first loved us.
20If 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?
Verse explanation
The idea that “perfect love casteth out fear” describes a relationship between confidence and fear: where there is certainty of God’s love, the text argues, there is no room left for fear of judgment, because fear and punishment are linked.
From the 1 John 4 study in Bible in Stories.
1 John 4:18 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
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.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
Na caridade não ha temor, antes a perfeita caridade lança fóra o temor; porque o temor tem a pena, e o que teme não está perfeito em caridade.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
No amor não há medo; pelo contrário, o perfeito amor expulsa o medo; pois o medo está relacionado ao castigo; e o que teme não está aperfeiçoado em amor.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Donde hay amor no puede haber temor. Y Dios nos ama por completo, y este amor echa fuera todos nuestros miedos. Si tememos, es porque tememos ser castigados, y eso muestra que no hemos sido plenamente transformados por la plenitud del amor de Dios.
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More verses about fear
- Isaiah 41:10Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will…
- Joshua 1:9Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the…
- Psalms 23:4Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy…
- 2 Timothy 1:7For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
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