Here’s your Bible Gateway verse-of-the-day calendar for the month of February. Click each link below to read the verse in your preferred translation — or scroll to the bottom to download the image (or PDF) of all verse references.
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Bible Gateway’s Verses of the Day for February
| Day | Verse |
|---|---|
| 1 | Deuteronomy 6:4-5 |
| 2 | 1 Corinthians 2:9 |
| 3 | Psalm 59:16 |
| 4 | Psalm 18:1-2 |
| 5 | Psalm 33:4-5 |
| 6 | Proverbs 21:21 |
| 7 | Psalm 97:10 |
| 8 | Matthew 5:43-45 [Explore the full context of this important verse in our guide to the Sermon on the Mount.] |
| 9 | 2 Thessalonians 1:3 |
| 10 | 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 [This famous chapter is about more than romance. Understand how love transforms, and why it matters more than spiritual gifts.] |
| 11 | 1 Corinthians 13:4-5 |
| 12 | 1 Corinthians 13:6-7 |
| 13 | John 3:16 |
| 14 | John 13:34-35 |
| 15 | 1 John 4:10 |
| 16 | 1 John 3:11 |
| 17 | Romans 8:35-37 [Discover how this chapter can transform your relationships.] |
| 18 | Romans 8:38-39 |
| 19 | 1 John 4:11-12 |
| 20 | Proverbs 17:9 |
| 21 | Romans 13:9-10 |
| 22 | 1 John 4:18 |
| 23 | Proverbs 14:22 |
| 24 | Jeremiah 29:11-13 [Learn how to read this verse in the context of Jeremiah’s prophecies.] |
| 25 | Matthew 22:37-39 |
| 26 | 1 John 4:9 |
| 27 | 1 John 3:18 |
| 28 | 2 Timothy 1:7 |
Perfect Love That Drives Out Fear: 1 John 4:18
February often brings a quieter kind of reflection — a time when questions of fear, confidence, and trust surface beneath the routines of daily life. Scripture speaks directly into that space with clarity and assurance in 1 John 4:18 (NIV):
“There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.”
At first glance, this verse offers comfort. The NIV Application Bible (available with Bible Gateway Plus) helps clarify what John is emphasizing here:
“The most immediate result of this perfect love is assurance: We will have boldness or confidence on the day of judgment. Fear and love are mutually exclusive. To fear God’s character or the final judgment paralyzes us. It destroys the perfection that love offers. Knowing unequivocally that God by his Spirit resides in our lives results in unbounded confidence as we approach the day when we meet God.”
This note reminds us that John isn’t describing everyday worries or reverence for God — but a deeper fear that comes from uncertainty about where we stand with Him. God’s love, made complete through Christ, replaces that fear with confidence and assurance.
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