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18 Such love has no fear, because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of punishment, and this shows that we have not fully experienced his perfect love.

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For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.

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15 So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children.[a] Now we call him, “Abba, Father.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 8:15a Greek you received a spirit of sonship.
  2. 8:15b Abba is an Aramaic term for “father.”

12 No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us.

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74 We have been rescued from our enemies
    so we can serve God without fear,
75 in holiness and righteousness
    for as long as we live.

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28 Since we are receiving a Kingdom that is unshakable, let us be thankful and please God by worshiping him with holy fear and awe.

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120 I tremble in fear of you;
    I stand in awe of your regulations.

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19 You say you have faith, for you believe that there is one God.[a] Good for you! Even the demons believe this, and they tremble in terror.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:19 Some manuscripts read that God is one; see Deut 6:4.

19 In an instant they are destroyed,
    completely swept away by terrors.

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21 The sound of terror rings in their ears,
    and even on good days they fear the attack of the destroyer.

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15 I have been sick and close to death since my youth.
    I stand helpless and desperate before your terrors.
16 Your fierce anger has overwhelmed me.
    Your terrors have paralyzed me.

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